[antlr-interest] Re: Static [semantic] analysis and TreeParsers?

[lgcraymer]

--- In antlr-interest at yahoogroups.com, "micheal_jor" <open.zone at v...> 
wrote:
> Is it possible to build program analyses such as reaching defs as

Yes, although specialized AST classes are needed to construct trees 
that can be transformed to analysis graphs by adding cross-links.

> TreeParsers?. Has anyone built examples of such a beast?

Ter's LL(k) analysis code (pre-ANTLR3) may end up as a good example.  
I suspect that tree walking is not sufficient, and that at least some 
code is needed for navigating graphs.

--Loring


 

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