Generating AS3 from Haxe, and post-processing it to work in an AS3 project

gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require "open3" 
require 'json'
require 'pathname'
require 'yaml'

# no trace TextField on the stage, please
defines = "-D native_trace"

# Haxe build, e.g.
cmd = "haxe #{defines} -swf-version 11 -cp #{ class_paths.join(' -cp ') } -as3 generated_as3 #{ classes.join(' ') }"

puts "Compiling..."
puts cmd
Open3.popen2e(cmd)  do |stdin, stdout_and_err, wait_thr|
  pid = wait_thr.pid
  exit_status = wait_thr.value # Process::Status object returned
  puts " - - - - - "
  puts stdout_and_err.read
  puts " - - - - - "
  unless wait_thr.value.success?
    puts "Compile failed!"
    exit 1
  end
end


puts "Post processing AS3..."

# - - Post process: __main__.as --> HxLangPatches.as - -
`mv generated_as3/__main__.as generated_as3/HxLangPatches.as`
`sed -ri 's,__main__,HxLangPatches,' generated_as3/HxLangPatches.as`
`sed -ri 's,extends flash,{ //extends flash,' generated_as3/HxLangPatches.as`
`sed -ri 's,super\\(\\),//super(),' generated_as3/HxLangPatches.as`
`sed -ri 's,flash.Lib.current = this,// no flash.Lib.current,' generated_as3/HxLangPatches.as`
`sed -ri 's,public function HxLangPatches,public static function patch,' generated_as3/HxLangPatches.as`
# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

# - - Post process: typing errors in Boot.as - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
`sed -ri 's,arr : Array = this,arr:Array = this as Array,' generated_as3/flash/Boot.as`
`sed -ri 's,s : String = this,s:String = this as String,' generated_as3/flash/Boot.as`
# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

# - - Post process: missing haxe package in Lib.as  - - - - - - - - - - - -
`sed -ri 's,if\\(flash.external.*haxe.Log,//,' generated_as3/flash/Lib.as` if File.exist?("generated_as3/flash/Lib.as")
# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

# Post process haxe.Log.trace -> native trace
`find generated_as3 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -ri 's,\\(haxe.Log._trace\\),hxputs,'`


# generated_as3/hscript/HScript.as:69
# Error: Ambiguous reference to Error
# -- just throw strings
`sed -ri 's,throw new Error,throw ,' generated_as3/hscript/HScript.as` if File.exist?("generated_as3/hscript/HScript.as")

# Now in your AS3 build, add a -source-path+=../path/to/generated_as3
# And in your Main.as file, call HxLangPatches.patch() fairly early in the boot process