Treffer: Forwarding in attribute grammars for modular language design

Title:
Forwarding in attribute grammars for modular language design
Authors:
VAN WYK, Eric, DE MOOR, Oege, BACKHOUSE, Kevin, KWIATKOWSKI, Paul
Source:
CC 2002 : compiler construction (Grenoble, 8-12 April 2002)Lecture notes in computer science. :128-142
Publisher Information:
Berlin: Springer, 2002.
Publication Year:
2002
Physical Description:
print, 33 ref
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Subject Terms:
Computer science, Informatique, Sciences exactes et technologie, Exact sciences and technology, Sciences appliquees, Applied sciences, Informatique; automatique theorique; systemes, Computer science; control theory; systems, Logiciel, Software, Langages de programmation, Programming languages, Grammaire par attribut, Attribute grammar, Gramática por atributo, Langage programmation, Programming language, Lenguaje programación, Programmation modulaire, Modular programming, Programación modular
Document Type:
Konferenz Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
Oxford University Computing Laboratory, United Kingdom
Microsoft Corporation, United States
ISSN:
0302-9743
Access URL:
http://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=search&terms=14054291
Rights:
Copyright 2002 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Computer science; theoretical automation; systems
Accession Number:
edscal.14054291
Database:
PASCAL Archive

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Forwarding is a technique for providing default attribute definitions in attribute grammars that is helpful in the modular implementation of programming languages. It complements existing techniques such as default copy rules. This paper introduces forwarding, and shows how it is but a small extension of standard higher-order attribute grammars. The usual tools for manipulating higher-order attribute grammars, including the circularity check (which tests for cyclic dependencies between attribute values), carry over without modification. The closure test (which checks that each attribute has a defining equation) needs modification, however, because the resulting higher-order attribute grammars may contain spurious attributes that are never evaluated, and indeed that need not be defined.