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01/09/2026

08:59 AM Bug #6629 (Review): incremental conversion for OpenClient proxy programs

Committed *6629a/16334*. Cleanup services table in clean().
Constantin, please review. Dănuț Filimon

06:17 AM Bug #10912: Cannot invoke "java.lang.Class.isAssignableFrom(java.lang.Class)" because "calleeType...

The change is in 10912a rev 16311. I think this can be merged to trunk. Constantin Asofiei

06:06 AM Bug #10912: Cannot invoke "java.lang.Class.isAssignableFrom(java.lang.Class)" because "calleeType...

In #10946-34 you mentioned that there is more to this fix. Can we get all of that in 10912a or do we plan to merge 94... Alexandru Lungu

01/08/2026

05:12 PM Feature #7180: create a centralized manager for the conversion list and per-file/project status a...

Code Review Task Branch 7180a Revisions 16358 through 16360
The changes look good. Greg Shah

05:05 AM Feature #7180: create a centralized manager for the conversion list and per-file/project status a...

Fixed the issue mentioned in #11030-14 in *7180a/16360*. Files were parsed by rules more than one time, there was als... Dănuț Filimon

08:43 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

I am setting up the scenario received from Roger right now. Dănuț Filimon

07:22 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

You have an activeProfile now, so the SchemaDictionary.pristineDbs will not be set in SchemaDictionary constructor. S... Dănuț Filimon

04:25 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Roger Borrello wrote:
> Roger Borrello wrote:
> > Dănuț Filimon wrote:
> > > you can use the following in the mean... Dănuț Filimon

05:46 AM Bug #6629 (WIP): incremental conversion for OpenClient proxy programs

Rebased *6629a* to latest *trunk/16331*, the branch is now at revision *16333*.
Placed the issue back in wip for #... Dănuț Filimon

03:25 AM Bug #6629: incremental conversion for OpenClient proxy programs

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Danut, I think the changes in 6629a are good. One issue I'm not sure how to improve: wh... Dănuț Filimon

01/05/2026

03:51 PM Bug #11089: Lexical/Grammatical Errors in TRPL Expressions

The proposed changes are specific to FWD. I'm moving the task. Greg Shah

03:46 PM Bug #11089: Lexical/Grammatical Errors in TRPL Expressions

Some expressions in the @rules/@ subdirectory of FWD contain lexical/grammatical errors:
- Several string variable... Vladimir Tsichevski

03:44 PM Bug #11089 (New): Lexical/Grammatical Errors in TRPL Expressions

Vladimir Tsichevski

10:27 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Roger Borrello wrote:
> Dănuț Filimon wrote:
> > you can use the following in the meantime:
>
> I'll await your ... Roger Borrello

10:14 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Dănuț Filimon wrote:
> you can use the following in the meantime:
I'll await your commit. Roger Borrello

09:57 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Dănuț Filimon wrote:
> Roger Borrello wrote:
> > Dănuț Filimon wrote:
> > > Created task branch 6256b from the lat... Roger Borrello

09:49 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Roger Borrello wrote:
> Dănuț Filimon wrote:
> > Created task branch 6256b from the latest trunk/16630.
>
> I'm ... Dănuț Filimon

09:42 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Dănuț Filimon wrote:
> Created task branch 6256b from the latest trunk/16630.
I'm testing right now Roger Borrello

09:28 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Created task branch 6256b from the latest trunk/16630. Dănuț Filimon

09:26 AM Feature #6256 (WIP): improved profile support

Fix it here. Greg Shah

09:24 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Greg Shah wrote:
> OK, fix it. It should behave like "use this if no other profile is specified".
Can I put this... Dănuț Filimon

09:23 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Danut, you are right, the problem is here:... Constantin Asofiei

09:17 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

OK, fix it. It should behave like "use this if no other profile is specified". Greg Shah

08:52 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

I went straight into work mode haha. Happy New Year!
Roger Borrello wrote:
> I tested by removing @default="true"... Dănuț Filimon

08:41 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Roger Borrello wrote:
> I tested by removing @default="true"@ (I had already removed @default="false"@, which seemed... Greg Shah

08:33 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Roger Borrello wrote:
> I tested by removing @default="true"@ (I had already removed @default="false"@, which seemed... Roger Borrello

08:32 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

I tested by removing @default="true"@ (I had already removed @default="false"@, which seemed superfluous anyway) and ... Roger Borrello

08:26 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Dănuț Filimon wrote:
> There's @default=true@ which indicates that the profile is loaded by default, even if there i... Roger Borrello

06:37 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

There's @default=true@ which indicates that the profile is loaded by default, even if there is no explicit profile us... Dănuț Filimon

10:10 AM Bug #6629: incremental conversion for OpenClient proxy programs

Danut, I think the changes in 6629a are good. One issue I'm not sure how to improve: when deleting a service file, t... Constantin Asofiei

01/04/2026

11:23 PM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Greg Shah wrote:
> As documented in [[p2j:Chapter_6_Project_Setup#Profiles|Profiles]] (and discussed previously in #... Roger Borrello

12/31/2025

09:42 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

As documented in [[p2j:Chapter_6_Project_Setup#Profiles|Profiles]] (and discussed previously in #6256-127) you can sp... Greg Shah

12/29/2025

12:49 PM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Greg Shah wrote:
> Are you reporting a bug in FWD? Or is this a scripting issue for that application? The profile ... Roger Borrello

09:33 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Roger Borrello wrote:
> Greg Shah wrote:
> > Roger Borrello wrote:
> > > Dănuț, did you test any configuration whe... Greg Shah

12/24/2025

02:02 PM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Greg Shah wrote:
> Roger Borrello wrote:
> > Dănuț, did you test any configuration where you had 2 profiles, each o... Roger Borrello

09:38 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Roger Borrello wrote:
> Dănuț, did you test any configuration where you had 2 profiles, each one specifying a differ... Greg Shah

12/23/2025

04:42 PM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Dănuț, did you test any configuration where you had 2 profiles, each one specifying a different fileset? If you could... Roger Borrello

12/19/2025

09:49 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Committed the ProgressLexer.g4 as rev @16007@. Paula Păstrăguș

07:10 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

I think it is time to get the lexer reworked as a one-for-one replacement of the @progress.g@ lexer, including the ja... Greg Shah

05:20 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Around 30 tests are invalid ones, and the rest of them are caused by #10804-78, #10804-80. Paula Păstrăguș

04:49 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

The number of files with differences has dropped to *86* after fixing another issue. Paula Păstrăguș

04:31 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

I managed to fix another issue, which reduced the number of files with differences to *90*!! The fix was embedding th... Paula Păstrăguș

04:11 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Actually, that was my mistake, I forgot to reinitialize a value. Thankfully, this isn't an ANTLR4 issue after all.
... Paula Păstrăguș

03:58 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

I want to correct what I said yesterday about ANTLR4 being fully deterministic. I ran into an odd case where @12@ is ... Paula Păstrăguș

03:37 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

The extra @DOT@ appears when the Progress lexer is instantiated with @kludge = true@. I set this flag to @false@, whi... Paula Păstrăguș

09:29 AM Bug #10569 (Review): Semicolon is skipped while preprocessing

I've committed new changes into *6859b/16327*. These include the following:
* Fixed concatenation operator @+@. Befo... Octavian Adrian Gavril

02:31 AM Feature #10190: Prototype the changes to the build to add ANTLR v4

Thanks, that did the trick! Committed as rev *16006*. Paula Păstrăguș

12/18/2025

01:04 PM Feature #10190: Prototype the changes to the build to add ANTLR v4

Paula, @ant-antlr4All@ should be protected with @run-gradle-run@. Try to add @unless="run-gradle-run"@ to it. Hynek Cihlar

09:36 AM Feature #10190: Prototype the changes to the build to add ANTLR v4

Hynek / Tomasz, could you share your thoughts on the logs being printed twice? Is this expected behavior, or somethin... Paula Păstrăguș

09:33 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Attached it. Paula Păstrăguș

09:29 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Please attach the entire lexer, I need to see more context. Greg Shah

09:23 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Greg, here's the caller code for NUM_action..... Paula Păstrăguș

05:05 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Consider this example rule:... Paula Păstrăguș

12/17/2025

11:27 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Please post the generated Java code (in both ANTLR2 and ANTLR4) for an example rule that shows this. Evaluating all ... Greg Shah

10:34 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Greg Shah wrote:
> Paula Păstrăguș wrote:
> > I also identified another significant issue related to the k = 4 sett... Paula Păstrăguș

09:39 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Paula Păstrăguș wrote:
> Paula Păstrăguș wrote:
> > I didn’t actually apply the settings from there directly.
>
... Greg Shah

09:25 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Paula Păstrăguș wrote:
> I also identified another significant issue related to the k = 4 setting. For example, give... Greg Shah

09:18 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Paula Păstrăguș wrote:
> I didn’t actually apply the settings from there directly.
In @generate_preproc_output.p@... Paula Păstrăguș

09:09 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

I also identified another significant issue related to the k = 4 setting. For example, given the input:... Paula Păstrăguș

09:02 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Greg Shah wrote:
> Our ANTLR2 tests are run with a full toolset (preprocessor etc...). I think we may be adding an ... Paula Păstrăguș

09:00 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Greg Shah wrote:
> Where are the @.lexer@ baselines in the testcases project? I don't see them.
Same here. Anywa... Paula Păstrăguș

08:55 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

> Should invalid test cases also be expected to produce matching results...?
Generally, yes. Where the lexer shou... Greg Shah

08:53 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Where are the @.lexer@ baselines in the testcases project? I don't see them.
> Why does the ANTLR2 version emit a... Greg Shah

07:53 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Should invalid test cases also be expected to produce matching results...? For example, consider the invalid input @*... Paula Păstrăguș

06:57 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

The first difference appears in the @symbol_backslash.p@ test case, whose content is:... Paula Păstrăguș

06:39 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

I used the test suite located in @testcases/tests/conversion/lexer/4gl_testcases@ to evaluate areas where the current... Paula Păstrăguș

09:44 AM Bug #10569: Semicolon is skipped while preprocessing

This seems reasonable. Greg Shah

09:27 AM Bug #10569: Semicolon is skipped while preprocessing

Look at this testcase:... Octavian Adrian Gavril

07:10 AM Feature #10190: Prototype the changes to the build to add ANTLR v4

Here are the logs for @ant jar --verbose@:
{{collapse... Paula Păstrăguș

07:00 AM Feature #10190: Prototype the changes to the build to add ANTLR v4

Paula Păstrăguș wrote:
> I completed a full conversion of a large GUI application, and it passed successfully. I als... Hynek Cihlar

04:03 AM Feature #10190: Prototype the changes to the build to add ANTLR v4

I completed a full conversion of a large GUI application, and it passed successfully. I also performed smoke testing,... Paula Păstrăguș

07:18 PM Bug #10919 (WIP): the source/AST view is broken in the Analytics web UI

Greg Shah

07:18 PM Bug #10919: the source/AST view is broken in the Analytics web UI

I've tested the fix, although it works, it is VERY SLOW. Even use in a small customer project (500KLOC) takes 10+ se... Greg Shah

12/16/2025

08:57 AM Feature #7180: create a centralized manager for the conversion list and per-file/project status a...

Greg Shah wrote:
> Code Review Task Branch 7180a Revisions 16356 and 16357
>
> @getConfigNameMapParameter()@ shou... Dănuț Filimon

07:05 AM Feature #7180: create a centralized manager for the conversion list and per-file/project status a...

Code Review Task Branch 7180a Revisions 16356 and 16357
@getConfigNameMapParameter()@ should be in @NameMappingWor... Greg Shah

08:00 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

The core idea is reasonable.
Please keep as much of the original grammar as possible. For example, the code shown... Greg Shah

07:43 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

I think I’ve found a workaround for the DSTRING lexer rule, although it requires changing the original structure a bi... Paula Păstrăguș

06:09 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Just a quick update on this issue. At the moment, I’m investigating a memory leak in the lexer. Using the following t... Paula Păstrăguș

06:50 AM Bug #10626 (Test): DMO names can collide on case-insensitive file-system

Branch 10626a was merged into trunk as rev. 16321 and archived. Dănuț Filimon

06:43 AM Bug #10626 (Merge Pending): DMO names can collide on case-insensitive file-system

You can merge to trunk now. Greg Shah

06:11 AM Bug #10626: DMO names can collide on case-insensitive file-system

All testing passed! 10626a can be merged! Dănuț Filimon

12/15/2025

10:13 AM Bug #10569: Semicolon is skipped while preprocessing

> It looks like we can open a string only if the quote/apostrophe is preceded by white space. So, I really think that... Greg Shah

10:09 AM Bug #10569: Semicolon is skipped while preprocessing

> Greg, do you recall why is it OK to match @"@ or @'@ as the 2nd or later char in @CODE@?
I don't recall exactly... Greg Shah

04:19 AM Bug #10569: Semicolon is skipped while preprocessing

Here is another testcase:... Octavian Adrian Gavril

03:07 AM Bug #10569: Semicolon is skipped while preprocessing

Could this be a reason why using @'@ or @"@ as @CODE@ is allowed on *trunk*? Octavian Adrian Gavril

02:45 AM Bug #10569: Semicolon is skipped while preprocessing

I used changes above and ChUI regression app converted and there were no differences. But a preprocessor test failed ... Octavian Adrian Gavril

07:36 AM Bug #6889 (Test): rollback the files as 'unconverted' if (incremental) conversion fails.

Branch 6889a was merged into trunk as rev. 16318 and archived. Dănuț Filimon

07:17 AM Bug #6889 (Merge Pending): rollback the files as 'unconverted' if (incremental) conversion fails.

Please merge 6889a to trunk after 7851a. Alexandru Lungu

07:26 AM Feature #7851 (Test): automatically add to conversion list all classes referenced via unit test s...

Branch 7851a was merged into trunk as rev. 16317 and archived. Dănuț Filimon

07:15 AM Feature #7851 (Merge Pending): automatically add to conversion list all classes referenced via un...

> Alex: Please schedule this in the merge queue when trunk thaws.
Please merge 7851a to trunk now. Alexandru Lungu

04:16 AM Feature #7180: create a centralized manager for the conversion list and per-file/project status a...

Committed *7180a/16346*. clean() used a file instead of the artifact, this was a rebase issue. Dănuț Filimon

12/12/2025

01:14 PM Feature #7180: create a centralized manager for the conversion list and per-file/project status a...

> the ant commands that use profile must be modified to exclude additional parameter. The purpose would be that a pro... Greg Shah

01:14 PM Feature #7180 (Internal Test): create a centralized manager for the conversion list and per-file/...

Code Review Task Branch 7180a Revisions 16343 through 16345
No objections. Greg Shah

08:39 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Greg Shah wrote:
> FYI, the testcase should have @.@ instead of @;@ at the end of the first line.
Good catch! Paula Păstrăguș

08:37 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

I'm pleased to see the continued headway. Greg Shah

08:37 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

FYI, the testcase should have @.@ instead of @;@ at the end of the first line. Greg Shah

08:35 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

With a little bit of fine tuning, the test output in this moment looks like this:... Paula Păstrăguș

08:14 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

I think I am making some progress with the lexer. I managed to set up a small test project, and I am actually quite h... Paula Păstrăguș

07:20 AM Feature #8525: eliminate the runtime dependency on registry.xml

Coming up with an idea of solving the conflicts is the first step. If removing the registry.xml is limited to convers... Dănuț Filimon

06:45 AM Bug #10626: DMO names can collide on case-insensitive file-system

The bare-metal machine for the application that failed was updated recently and I've been running conversions on it w... Dănuț Filimon

04:53 AM Bug #6889: rollback the files as 'unconverted' if (incremental) conversion fails.

Trunk is currently frozen for a delivery.
Alex: Please schedule this in the merge queue when trunk thaws. Greg Shah

02:51 AM Bug #6889: rollback the files as 'unconverted' if (incremental) conversion fails.

Rebased 6889a to latest trunk/16312, the branch is now at revision 16316.
6889a can be merged. Dănuț Filimon

02:23 AM Bug #6889: rollback the files as 'unconverted' if (incremental) conversion fails.

Regression tests passed, I am rebasing to check for conflicts. Dănuț Filimon

04:48 AM Feature #7851: automatically add to conversion list all classes referenced via unit test suite an...

Trunk is currently frozen for a delivery.
Alex: Please schedule this in the merge queue when trunk thaws. Greg Shah

02:39 AM Feature #7851: automatically add to conversion list all classes referenced via unit test suite an...

Rebased *7851a* to latest *trunk/16312*, the branch is now at revision *16315*.
*7851a* can be merged. Dănuț Filimon

02:23 AM Feature #7851: automatically add to conversion list all classes referenced via unit test suite an...

Regression tests passed, I am rebasing to check for conflicts. Dănuț Filimon