Accession Number:
ADA445712
Title:
Modularity and Reusability in Attribute Grammars
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Corporate Author:
COLORADO UNIV AT BOULDER DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Report Date:
1992-09-01
Pagination or Media Count:
31.0
Abstract:
An attribute grammar is a declarative specification of dependence among computations carried out at the nodes of a tree. Attribute grammars have proven remarkably difficult to decompose into logical fragments. As a result, they have not yet been accepted as a viable specification technique. By combining the ideas of remote attribute access and inheritance, we have been able to define attribution modules that can be reused in a variety of applications. As an example, we show how to define reusable modules for name analysis that embody different scope rules.
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Subject Categories:
- Computer Programming and Software