VAL 3 linter?

[gavanderhoorn]

Just wondering: @marshallpowell97: would you happen to know whether there is a VAL 3 linter available somewhere?

This might be nice to have in the CI setup (#9). But would have to be stand-alone of course (ie: not integrated into SRS).

[gavanderhoorn]

Seeing as it's all XML (at a low-level), we could run a generic XML linter/parser just to see whether files don't contain any illegal entities, etc.

[marshallpowell97]

Just wondering: @marshallpowell97: would you happen to know whether there is a VAL 3 linter available somewhere?

I don't believe so. There is a syntax checker built into SRS, but I am not aware of anything standalone.

[gavanderhoorn]

There is a syntax checker built into SRS

is the VAL 3 grammar available somewhere? Either in documentation or as a file?

What does the SRS use to check the syntax? Perhaps some of that could be reused.

[marshallpowell97]

I did some more digging and I found an "offline syntax checker" that is included with SRS as a .exe file. The documentation is lacking, but does this seem to be what you are looking for?

[gavanderhoorn]

Oh, that's a nice find.

Would you happen to know what sort of dependencies it has?

We could potentially integrate it into a Windows based CI setup (using github actions fi).

[gavanderhoorn]

@marshallpowell97: have you been able to find out anything more?

[marshallpowell97]

@gavanderhoorn I can't seem to get it to work. I am trying to find someone at Staubli that knows how to use it.

If you have access to SRS (even without a license), it should already be included.

[gavanderhoorn]

I am trying to find someone at Staubli that knows how to use it.

have you been able to find anyone?

[marshallpowell97]

@gavanderhoorn I was able to get this working. Do you have access to a copy of SRS? Even without a license, you should be able to download and install emulators which include the syntax checker for that specific controller/VAL 3 version.

[gavanderhoorn]

I have some old copies here. I'd have to check whether I could download newer ones.

If not, I'll try to reach out to Staubli Benelux.