TechCodeGeneration

Work in progress to explain all cases that CodeGen must handle

|Term |Antlr | What should be done for Alpha| |--- |--- |--- | |Blank line | No | Create a Node and a CodeElement for the whole line | |Debug line | No | Currently Debugging mode is not possible. Create a Node and a CodeElement for the whole line | |Compiler directive on a single line with no other CE | Yes | Parsed by Antlr but no matching CE or Node. Create a Node and a CodeElement for the whole line. | |Compiler directive on a multiple line with no other CE | Yes | Parsed by Antlr but no matching CE or Node. Create a Node and a CodeElement for all lines. |

Category	Input code	Generated code
Blank line	* This is a comment line	Exactly as input * This is a comment line
Debug line	D This is a Debug line	Exactly as input D This is a Debug line
Compiler directive	D This is a Debug line	Exactly as input D This is a Debug line
Compiler directive on a single line with no other Cobol code	replace ==:a:== by ==b==.	Exactly as input replace ==:a:== by ==b==.
Compiler directive on multiple lines with no other Cobol code	replace ==:a:== by ==b==.	Exactly as input replace ==:a:== by ==b==.
Compiler directive on a single with other Cobol code	01 MyData. COPY MyCopy.	Exactly as input 01 MyData. COPY MyCopy.
Compiler directive on multiple lines with other Cobol code	01 MyData. COPY MyCopy.	Exactly as input 01 MyData. COPY MyCopy.