Subj : Re: Need to walk the JavaScript parse tree
To   : Lyle Coder <x_coder@hotmail.com>
From : Brendan Eich <brendan@meer.net>
Date : Mon May 12 2003 03:03 pm

Lyle Coder wrote:

>After a JavaScript section has been parsed, I need to walk the parse
>tree and re-generate the JavaScript (create a new string that contains
>the original program).  The reason I do this is because I look for
>certain key words and perform some operation on them
>

What kinds of operations?  What keywords?

>What is the best way to do this?
>

Can't tell without more info, see above.

>  I am current looking at the function
>CompileTokenStream, which calls "Statements".  The result is a
>JSParseNode.  I assume I can walk that some how and re-create the
>original JS program?
>  
>

If you're reading the code, keep reading.  But you shouldn't overlook 
the JS_FRIEND_API declaration of js_ParseTokenStream in jsparse.h.

/be
 

>Thanks
>Lyle
>  
>

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