[antlr-interest] Re: Compiler design workflow - any suggestions?

[Monty Zukowski]

On May 4, 2004, at 5:05 PM, lgcraymer wrote:

> Actually, what Ter's parse tree approach provides is stepwise
> derivation output.  It's an elegant way of getting canonical output
> which is useful for analysis.  I've extended it to tree grammars and
> am pretty pleased with the results.  It is true that refactoring will
> change the output, but that could be fixed with a comparison tool;
> manual analysis is less cumbersome than you would think.  Also,
> derivation output is a good step in determining line coverage for
> grammars.  We need to devise some support tools, but I really do
> believe that we have finally hit upon the right path for grammar 
> testing.
>

Yeah, I can see that's really useful.  Separate the parsing from the 
tree building or actions.  "What is that parser actually doing?!?!?" is 
a common question.

Monty Zukowski

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