edk2/BaseTools/Source
Michael Kubacki ae24028512 BaseTools/Ecc: Regenerate CParser4 files with ANTLR 4.9
The CParser4 Python parser files (CLexer.py, CParser.py, CListener.py)
were generated 7 years ago with ANTLR 4.7.1.

Meanwhile, pip-requirements.txt pins antlr4-python3-runtime to version
4.9 in commit 4a7dd50, but the files were patched, not fully
regenerated. This version mismatch produced two failures when running
EccMain.py against non-trivial C code:

1. A runtime warning on every file parsed:
   "ANTLR runtime and generated code versions disagree: 4.9!=4.7.1"

2. A crash when parsing complex C constructs that exercise the
   struct/union definition rule in CParser.py:

   TypeError: '<' not supported between instances of 'tuple' and 'int'

   This occurs in antlr4/BufferedTokenStream.py getText() because the
   4.9 runtime changed the expected argument types for that method,
   and the 4.7.1-generated parser was passing a tuple where an int is
   now required.

This change regenerates the CParser4 files with ANTLR 4.9 to resolve
the version mismatch.

Steps used to regenerate the files:

  1. Download the ANTLR 4.9 complete tool JAR:
     - `https://www.antlr.org/download/antlr-4.9-complete.jar`

  2. Generate Python3 parser files from the grammar:

     ```
     java -jar antlr-4.9-complete.jar `
       -Dlanguage=Python3 -visitor `
       -o BaseTools/Source/Python/Ecc/CParser4_new `
       BaseTools/Source/Python/Ecc/CParser4/C.g4
     ```

Signed-off-by: Michael Kubacki <michael.kubacki@microsoft.com>
2026-02-27 23:18:15 +00:00
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Python BaseTools/Ecc: Regenerate CParser4 files with ANTLR 4.9 2026-02-27 23:18:15 +00:00