add -json flag to allow json types creation

[ninjamuffin99]

Along with type information in XML format, Haxe also supports type information in JSON format. So this change is simple and follows along wherever if (project.targetFlags.exists("xml")) is and we just check for a json flag as well.

[moxie-coder]

Along with type information in XML format, Haxe also supports type information in JSON format. So this change is simple and follows along wherever if (project.targetFlags.exists("xml")) is and we just check for a json flag as well.

considerably, how much modular would this be than XML/HXP?

[joshtynjala]

Hmmm... oddly, I don't see the --json flag in the official Haxe compiler usage documentation:

https://haxe.org/manual/compiler-usage.html

Is it new in Haxe 5?

[ninjamuffin99]

seems like it's not in the documentation, but at least as of 4.3.6 (my current installation) haxe --help shows it

Services:
  --display                             display code tips
  --xml <file>                          generate XML types description
  --json <file>                         generate JSON types description

[ninjamuffin99]

Along with type information in XML format, Haxe also supports type information in JSON format. So this change is simple and follows along wherever if (project.targetFlags.exists("xml")) is and we just check for a json flag as well.

considerably, how much modular would this be than XML/HXP?

I think it enables more possibilities for documentation, as JSON is pretty widely used these days, and tool support for managing and working with JSON I feel is more easily available / usable.

[moxie-coder]

Along with type information in XML format, Haxe also supports type information in JSON format. So this change is simple and follows along wherever if (project.targetFlags.exists("xml")) is and we just check for a json flag as well.

considerably, how much modular would this be than XML/HXP?

I think it enables more possibilities for documentation, as JSON is pretty widely used these days, and tool support for managing and working with JSON I feel is more easily available / usable.

sounds good to me

[joshtynjala]

seems like it's not in the documentation, but at least as of 4.3.6 (my current installation) haxe --help shows it

Thanks. Seems reasonable to me to add this one in a feature update. Maybe 8.3.