FW: [antlr-interest] got new "language implementation" lecture au dio up

Wed Feb 19 10:38:22 PST 2003

Hi Terence,
  I've been through the "JavaSrc"
http://home.austin.rr.com/kjohnston/javasrc.htm implementation of a symbol
table. It originated with the four part series of articles
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Parser/SeriesPt4/.
I assume you are familiar with it. ;)

  I have two questions that come from different "ends".  The first is the
step-by-step reasoning.  Where should I jump in to define objects that
contain the necessary information? (example, JavaToken, ClassDef, etc...).
The "other end" is a consideration of intermediate forms.  I have a lot of
.java files.  "JavaSrc" makes two passes saving off reference.txt for
particular directories.  What is the plan with memory considerations?  Can
XML be used for intermediate forms?  I have had little "luck" trying to
implement/understand XTAL to make it effective.

  Another question.  What about imports?  Jar files?  Can introspection be
used?

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Terence Parr [mailto:parrt at jguru.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 1:47 PM
To: antlr-interest at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [antlr-interest] got new "language implementation" lecture
audio up

On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 10:42 AM, Matt Benson wrote:

> Just curious... when do symbol tables come up?  and
> can TreeParsers be used in any direct/helpful way to
> generate them?

Hi Matt,

I was going to do sym tabs tomorrow, but must do GC real quick and then 
get the folks started on ANTLR itself.  Plus, I want to think more 
about sym tab stuff before presenting.  Now is the time to tell me 
precisely what you want to learn about in that regard! ;)

Ter
--
Co-founder, http://www.jguru.com
Creator, ANTLR Parser Generator: http://www.antlr.org
Lecturer in Comp. Sci., University of San Francisco

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