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01/23/2026

10:37 AM Feature #10190 (Review): Prototype the changes to the build to add ANTLR v4

Testing revealed that the @-lib@ option is required for the schema task. Since the schema parser and the Progress lex... Paula Păstrăguș

09:41 AM Feature #10190: Prototype the changes to the build to add ANTLR v4

10190a was rebased, new revision is *16375*. Paula Păstrăguș

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

No, I’ll rebase the branch right away and do some retesting. Paula Păstrăguș

09:05 AM Feature #10190: Prototype the changes to the build to add ANTLR v4

Have you rebased and tested using the upgraded Gradle that is there? Greg Shah

08:53 AM Feature #10190: Prototype the changes to the build to add ANTLR v4

The testing is finished, at that time I also converted one big application to be sure the new build changes does not ... Paula Păstrăguș

08:49 AM Feature #10190: Prototype the changes to the build to add ANTLR v4

What is the status of the testing on this? Greg Shah

07:52 AM Feature #7169: drive conversion order using user-specified dependencies

I created the @DependencyConversionDriver.java@, it does the following:
* process the command line arguments (the pr... Dănuț Filimon

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

The @standard.df@ file now produces a large ASTV4 (without throwing any error!). I need to compare it with the AST ge... Paula Păstrăguș

04:40 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Actually, things are easier than I initially thought! We just need to cast the token to a @CommonToken@ and then call... Paula Păstrăguș

01/22/2026

10:45 AM Feature #7169: drive conversion order using user-specified dependencies

The dependency manager will only process profiles that are explicitly part of the list provided by the caller OR whic... Greg Shah

07:39 AM Feature #7169: drive conversion order using user-specified dependencies

Another aspect I am unsure of:
* All profiles are automatically added to the graph, but what if the conversion uses ... Dănuț Filimon

06:17 AM Feature #7169: drive conversion order using user-specified dependencies

The next step should be to evaluate the file that will be converted by each profile and to make sure there are no con... Dănuț Filimon

06:11 AM Feature #7169: drive conversion order using user-specified dependencies

I committed my changes to *7169a/16353*. Dănuț Filimon

02:40 AM Feature #7169: drive conversion order using user-specified dependencies

Greg Shah wrote:
> It sounds good so far. Please note that if we need to directly reference @ProfileConfig@ then th... Dănuț Filimon

10:41 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

As discussed in the status meeting today, we must have token type mutability. We rely upon this heavily in the progr... Greg Shah

03:48 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

An idea will be to create a new lexer rule to match @any_ridiculous_symbol@ and emit a SYMBOL token, but here we need... Paula Păstrăguș

03:36 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

The whole point of developing the ANTLR4 schema parser and the Progress lexer was to test the new annotation AST impl... Paula Păstrăguș

09:16 AM Bug #10919 (Test): the source/AST view is broken in the Analytics web UI

Branch 10919b was merged into trunk as rev. 16362 and archived. Dănuț Filimon

09:08 AM Bug #10919 (Merge Pending): the source/AST view is broken in the Analytics web UI

Merging 10919b to trunk now. Dănuț Filimon

06:48 AM Feature #9638: resolve OO dependencies during parsing using annotations in already converted classes

I used this testcase to test the implementation:
{{Collapse(A.cls)
CLASS A INHERITS cv.B IMPLEMENTS cv.IScheduled... Octavian Adrian Gavril

06:40 AM Feature #9638: resolve OO dependencies during parsing using annotations in already converted classes

I've committed the last changes in *9638a/16308*. These include:
* Loaded getters and setters definition as data mem... Octavian Adrian Gavril

02:54 AM Feature #9638: resolve OO dependencies during parsing using annotations in already converted classes

Should we allow having a class in @abl@ folder and it's converted output in an existing jar? If so, should we priorit... Octavian Adrian Gavril

01/21/2026

10:21 AM Feature #7169: drive conversion order using user-specified dependencies

It sounds good so far. Please note that if we need to directly reference @ProfileConfig@ then that class should not ... Greg Shah

05:54 AM Feature #7169: drive conversion order using user-specified dependencies

I created 3 classes:
* @DependencyNode.java@ contains the profile (ProfileConfig instance), three sets of Dependency... Dănuț Filimon

01/20/2026

04:02 AM Bug #10919: the source/AST view is broken in the Analytics web UI

Regardless, the customer mentioned in #10919-40 allowed me to start the report server and test, the load time was pre... Dănuț Filimon

03:42 AM Bug #10919: the source/AST view is broken in the Analytics web UI

ChUI also failed the conversion with @Cannot find class/interface ... in PROPATH@. Dănuț Filimon

03:14 AM Bug #10919: the source/AST view is broken in the Analytics web UI

There seems to be a bug in a customer report conversion:... Dănuț Filimon

02:15 AM Feature #7180: create a centralized manager for the conversion list and per-file/project status a...

Committed *7180a/16362*. Initialize the ArtifactManager properties at server startup, before the SourceNameMapper.
... Dănuț Filimon

01/19/2026

10:24 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

I committed the stable lexer as revision *16008*.
I corrected newline handling inside both single and double-quot... Paula Păstrăguș

09:58 AM Feature #7169: drive conversion order using user-specified dependencies

> A user will be able to define a profile dependency, but what if the same file is present in multiple profiles? Do w... Greg Shah

09:32 AM Feature #7169: drive conversion order using user-specified dependencies

Please create the class @DependencyManager@ in the @artifacts@ package. That is the class that should track the depe... Greg Shah

06:44 AM Feature #7169: drive conversion order using user-specified dependencies

I am thinking of how to move this forward:
# A user will be able to define a profile dependency, but what if the sam... Dănuț Filimon

05:04 AM Feature #7169: drive conversion order using user-specified dependencies

Committed *7169a/16351-16352*. Added profile configuration dependencies.
* @ProfileConfig@ contains a set of depen... Dănuț Filimon

07:06 AM Feature #9638: resolve OO dependencies during parsing using annotations in already converted classes

That seems reasonable. Greg Shah

02:26 AM Feature #9638: resolve OO dependencies during parsing using annotations in already converted classes

Greg Shah wrote:
> I think the lookup must first happen using the @qname@ and the classpath/@SourceNameMapper@ to co... Octavian Adrian Gavril

01/16/2026

11:29 AM Feature #9638: resolve OO dependencies during parsing using annotations in already converted classes

Octavian Adrian Gavril wrote:
> How should we proceed with the filenames for the converted classes?
> When we load ... Greg Shah

10:33 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Remaining tests: *0* (out of a batch of almost @6792@ thousand tests).
I resolved the invalid cases for both @DSTR... Paula Păstrăguș

06:41 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Remaining tests: *8*
All tests from @comments/invalid@ are now resolved.
Previously, in ANTLR2, when a comment ... Paula Păstrăguș

09:58 AM Bug #10919: the source/AST view is broken in the Analytics web UI

The changes only target the ReportApi, so I will take two customer applications and test them. Dănuț Filimon

09:30 AM Bug #10919 (Internal Test): the source/AST view is broken in the Analytics web UI

Code Review Task Branch 10919b Revisions 16339 through 16341
The changes look good. Greg Shah

06:51 AM Feature #7169 (WIP): drive conversion order using user-specified dependencies

I discussed with Andrei and I will be picking this up. Dănuț Filimon

06:47 AM Feature #7169: drive conversion order using user-specified dependencies

Greg Shah wrote:
> Sounds good. All config should be in @p2j.cfg.xml@, primarily (maybe exclusively) in the @profil... Dănuț Filimon

06:24 AM Feature #7169: drive conversion order using user-specified dependencies

Sounds good. All config should be in @p2j.cfg.xml@, primarily (maybe exclusively) in the @profile@ sections. Greg Shah

03:24 AM Feature #7169: drive conversion order using user-specified dependencies

I think the best start would be to lay down the foundation, implement the profile dependencies and use the acyclic di... Dănuț Filimon

04:01 AM Feature #8525: eliminate the runtime dependency on registry.xml

Modifying the priority after discussing with Greg. Dănuț Filimon

01/15/2026

10:37 AM Feature #9638: resolve OO dependencies during parsing using annotations in already converted classes

I've committed the latest updates to branch *9638a/16307*. This includes a prototype supporting the loading of conver... Octavian Adrian Gavril

08:06 AM Feature #8525: eliminate the runtime dependency on registry.xml

Actually, I think the idea is that you have p2j_test.df which *is not the same* in project A and project B.
If y... Constantin Asofiei

07:44 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

Remaining tests: *13*
I think I solved the @NUM_LITERAL@ digs issue, plus 4 tests from @string/../valid@. Paula Păstrăguș

02:46 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

The reason @caseInsensitive@ wasn’t enough is that it only helps ANTLR match token patterns (literals / character ran... Paula Păstrăguș

07:23 AM Bug #10919 (Review): the source/AST view is broken in the Analytics web UI

I made a few additional changes and noticed an improvement, building the summary/detail report is slow the first time... Dănuț Filimon

03:35 AM Bug #10919 (WIP): the source/AST view is broken in the Analytics web UI

Greg Shah wrote:
> It is much faster now.
Thank you, I am experimenting with a few other changes. Dănuț Filimon

07:10 AM Feature #6256 (Test): improved profile support

Branch 6256b was merged into trunk as rev. 16347 and archived. Dănuț Filimon

07:00 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

I am rebasing 6256b right now. Dănuț Filimon

01/14/2026

04:16 PM Bug #10919: the source/AST view is broken in the Analytics web UI

It is much faster now. Greg Shah

02:44 PM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

> The issue turned out to be that the caseSensitiveLiterals option is no longer supported in ANTLR4. As a result, the... Greg Shah

09:21 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

The goal of @slash/valid/backslash_slash.p@ is to drop a backslash when it is immediately followed by a slash. A typi... Paula Păstrăguș

08:59 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

I also resolved @slash/valid/backslash_slash.p@ test. *21* files remains. Paula Păstrăguș

05:50 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

The number of files with differences has dropped to *22* after fixing the @unquoted@ issue.
Here is an image with ... Paula Păstrăguș

02:33 PM Feature #7180: create a centralized manager for the conversion list and per-file/project status a...

Code Review Task Branch 7180a Revision 16361
The changes look good. Greg Shah

06:56 AM Feature #7180: create a centralized manager for the conversion list and per-file/project status a...

Committed *7180a/16361*. Replace getArtifact().getRelativePath() with getFilename() when using ClassDefinition of Jav... Dănuț Filimon

01:15 PM Feature #9638: resolve OO dependencies during parsing using annotations in already converted classes

Octavian Adrian Gavril wrote:
> I noticed that this pattern is used for getters/setters. But I think it's used for m... Greg Shah

10:05 AM Feature #9638: resolve OO dependencies during parsing using annotations in already converted classes

I noticed that this pattern is used for getters/setters. But I think it's used for method calls as well. Should we co... Octavian Adrian Gavril

09:13 AM Feature #9638: resolve OO dependencies during parsing using annotations in already converted classes

I'm working on super-class fields references inside the OE sub-class. I managed to load the entire data of the super-... Octavian Adrian Gavril

10:07 AM Feature #6256 (Merge Pending): improved profile support

I'm OK with the changes. It can be merged now. Constantin Asofiei

10:01 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Constantin can make the call. Greg Shah

09:56 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Testing went well... can this be merged to trunk soon? Roger Borrello

06:45 AM Feature #7178: move the buffer scoping calculations to parse time

Before we rewrite the approach, I want us to have a complete set of ABLUnit testcases. These should start with all o... Greg Shah

01/13/2026

07:22 AM Bug #10912 (Test): Cannot invoke "java.lang.Class.isAssignableFrom(java.lang.Class)" because "cal...

Branch 10912a was merged into trunk as rev. 16339 and archived. Alexandru Lungu

07:13 AM Bug #10912 (Merge Pending): Cannot invoke "java.lang.Class.isAssignableFrom(java.lang.Class)" bec...

I am merging 10912a to trunk now. Alexandru Lungu

06:54 AM Bug #10919 (Review): the source/AST view is broken in the Analytics web UI

Committed *10919b/16340*. Missed 2 commit calls, committed to remove those for good.
Greg, can you let me know if ... Dănuț Filimon

06:10 AM Bug #10919: the source/AST view is broken in the Analytics web UI

Committed *10919b/16339*. Noticed there were a lot of methods that only do read only operations and also call @commit... Dănuț Filimon

01/12/2026

10:20 AM Feature #10804: create replacement AST implementation for use with ANTLR 4

I discovered something interesting that fixes roughly 20 tests, bringing the number of files with differences down to... Paula Păstrăguș

09:49 AM Feature #9638: resolve OO dependencies during parsing using annotations in already converted classes

How should we proceed with the filenames for the converted classes?
When we load a new class we search for its filen... Octavian Adrian Gavril

08:45 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Roger Borrello wrote:
> Greg Shah wrote:
> > Code Review Task Branch 6256b Revision 16331
> >
> > The change loo... Roger Borrello

08:43 AM Feature #6256: improved profile support

Greg Shah wrote:
> Code Review Task Branch 6256b Revision 16331
>
> The change looks good to me.
>
> Roger: Pl... Roger Borrello

08:36 AM Feature #6256 (Internal Test): improved profile support

Code Review Task Branch 6256b Revision 16331
The change looks good to me.
Roger: Please test it. Greg Shah

05:42 AM Feature #6256 (Review): improved profile support

Committed *6256b/16331* to fix the profile usage. The patch from #6256-160 was not correct, the implementation should... Dănuț Filimon

08:40 AM Bug #10919: the source/AST view is broken in the Analytics web UI

I tried to find the revision which introduced this performance issue using VisualVM. I am now switching to YourKit to... Dănuț Filimon

01/11/2026

06:24 AM Bug #11089: Lexical/Grammatical Errors in TRPL Expressions

Another issue: the @schema/generate_ddl.xml@ references non-existing @com.goldencode.p2j.persist.ORMHandler@ class. Vladimir Tsichevski

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