Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of j2p

Timestamp:

06/07/23 14:19:56 (18 months ago)

Author:

wouter

Comment:

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j2p

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 This tool can translate java programs into python programs.
-This is a complex mechanism and still somewhat experimental.
+This is a complex mechanism and still experimental/in development.
 It can translate both single file java programs as multi-file projects.
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+It supports translating calls to external libraries.
+It generates a zip file containing the translated files plus installation directions, ready to be used with the "pip install" command; 
+We also have a library supporting running these zip files from java.
 
 There are a number of packages inside this project, because this translator has a modular setup:
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 == Usage
-Comments can contain python code if the block starts with {{{#PY}}}. This code replaces the entire object (if/case/while block; statement) that follows the comment.
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+== Overriding the translation
+Comments can contain python code to override the automatic code, if the block starts with {{{#PY}}}. This code replaces the entire object (if/case/while block; statement) that follows the comment.
 
 Python has strict requirements regarding indentation. To make this possible, we need to be strict about indentation as well. In a single line python comment, the code must look exactly like