This document summarizes Srikanth Vanama's graduate compiler project at Clemson University. It introduces Srikanth and provides details about the project implementation including the lexical analyzer, parser, semantic analyzer, code generation, and assembly code output. The project involved developing a compiler for a new programming language using tools like Perl.
Compiler optimization transforms programs to equivalent programs that use fewer resources by applying techniques like:
1) Combining multiple simple operations like increments into a single optimized operation
2) Evaluating constant expressions at compile-time rather than run-time
3) Eliminating redundant computations and storing values in registers rather than memory when possible
4) Optimizing loops, conditionals, and expressions to minimize computations
Compiler optimization aims to minimize program execution time, memory usage, and power consumption by transforming programs in various ways before producing executable code. Some key techniques include instruction combining, constant folding, common subexpression elimination, strength reduction, dead code elimination, and loop optimizations. This improves program efficiency and performance.
The document describes a language framework developed in a managed (.NET) environment. It includes a compiler and interpreter for a domain-specific language for product configuration. The compiler utilizes parser generators (GPLEX and GPPG) to generate lexers and parsers in C#. Design patterns like Visitor and Adapter were used. Syntax highlighting is straightforward but code completion is complex and requires an incremental AST. The framework provides a flexible architecture through plug-ins.
The document summarizes the key components of a toy compiler, including the front end, back end, and their functions. The front end performs lexical, syntax and semantic analysis to determine the validity and meaning of source statements. It outputs symbol tables and intermediate code. The back end performs memory allocation and code generation using the symbol tables and intermediate code. Code generation determines instruction selection and addressing modes to synthesize assembly code from the intermediate representation.
This document discusses syntax-directed translation and type checking in programming languages. It explains that in syntax-directed translation, attributes are attached to grammar symbols and semantic rules compute attribute values. There are two ways to represent semantic rules: syntax-directed definitions and translation schemes. The document also discusses synthesized and inherited attributes, dependency graphs, and the purpose and components of type checking, including type synthesis, inference, conversions, and static versus dynamic checking.
TMPA-2015: Lexical analysis of dynamically formed string expressionsIosif Itkin
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Lexical analysis of dynamically formed string expressions
Marina Polubelova, Semyon Grigorev, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg
12 - 14 November 2015
Tools and Methods of Program Analysis in St. Petersburg
The document discusses the format of symbol tables generated by assemblers. Symbol table entries correspond to fields in stabs directives and contain information like the name, type, value, and description of symbols. If a stab contains a string, the symbol table entry points to its location in a string table. Assembler labels become relocatable addresses in the symbol table.
Compiler Engineering Lab#5 : Symbol Table, Flex ToolMashaelQ
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This document discusses symbol tables and their use in compilers. It explains that symbol tables keep track of identifiers and their declarations in different scopes to resolve naming conflicts. The document also provides examples of Flex and Bison files for lexical and syntax analysis of simple calculator and BASIC languages. It outlines the installation of Flex and Bison through Cygwin on Windows systems.
The document summarizes a seminar presentation on symbol table generation. It defines what a symbol table is, explaining that it collects information about identifiers in a source program like their storage allocation, type, and scope. This information includes the type of arguments for procedures, how arguments are passed, and the return type. A symbol table is necessary because declarations appear once but uses may be in many places, and it is used by compiler phases for type checking, verifying definitions are used correctly, and generating code.
The document discusses the role and implementation of a lexical analyzer in compilers. A lexical analyzer is the first phase of a compiler that reads source code characters and generates a sequence of tokens. It groups characters into lexemes and determines the tokens based on patterns. A lexical analyzer may need to perform lookahead to unambiguously determine tokens. It associates attributes with tokens, such as symbol table entries for identifiers. The lexical analyzer and parser interact through a producer-consumer relationship using a token buffer.
Lex is a tool that generates lexical analyzers (scanners) that are used to break input text streams into tokens. It allows rapid development of scanners by specifying patterns and actions in a lex source file. The lex source file contains three sections - definitions, translation rules, and user subroutines. The translation rules specify patterns and corresponding actions. Lex compiles the source file to a C program that performs the tokenization. Example lex programs are provided to tokenize input based on regular expressions and generate output.
Compiler optimization transforms programs to equivalent programs that use fewer resources by applying techniques like:
1) Combining multiple simple operations like increments into a single optimized operation
2) Evaluating constant expressions at compile-time rather than run-time
3) Eliminating redundant computations and storing values in registers rather than memory when possible
4) Optimizing loops, conditionals, and expressions to minimize computations
Compiler optimization aims to minimize program execution time, memory usage, and power consumption by transforming programs in various ways before producing executable code. Some key techniques include instruction combining, constant folding, common subexpression elimination, strength reduction, dead code elimination, and loop optimizations. This improves program efficiency and performance.
The document describes a language framework developed in a managed (.NET) environment. It includes a compiler and interpreter for a domain-specific language for product configuration. The compiler utilizes parser generators (GPLEX and GPPG) to generate lexers and parsers in C#. Design patterns like Visitor and Adapter were used. Syntax highlighting is straightforward but code completion is complex and requires an incremental AST. The framework provides a flexible architecture through plug-ins.
The document summarizes the key components of a toy compiler, including the front end, back end, and their functions. The front end performs lexical, syntax and semantic analysis to determine the validity and meaning of source statements. It outputs symbol tables and intermediate code. The back end performs memory allocation and code generation using the symbol tables and intermediate code. Code generation determines instruction selection and addressing modes to synthesize assembly code from the intermediate representation.
This document discusses syntax-directed translation and type checking in programming languages. It explains that in syntax-directed translation, attributes are attached to grammar symbols and semantic rules compute attribute values. There are two ways to represent semantic rules: syntax-directed definitions and translation schemes. The document also discusses synthesized and inherited attributes, dependency graphs, and the purpose and components of type checking, including type synthesis, inference, conversions, and static versus dynamic checking.
TMPA-2015: Lexical analysis of dynamically formed string expressionsIosif Itkin
油
Lexical analysis of dynamically formed string expressions
Marina Polubelova, Semyon Grigorev, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg
12 - 14 November 2015
Tools and Methods of Program Analysis in St. Petersburg
The document discusses the format of symbol tables generated by assemblers. Symbol table entries correspond to fields in stabs directives and contain information like the name, type, value, and description of symbols. If a stab contains a string, the symbol table entry points to its location in a string table. Assembler labels become relocatable addresses in the symbol table.
Compiler Engineering Lab#5 : Symbol Table, Flex ToolMashaelQ
油
This document discusses symbol tables and their use in compilers. It explains that symbol tables keep track of identifiers and their declarations in different scopes to resolve naming conflicts. The document also provides examples of Flex and Bison files for lexical and syntax analysis of simple calculator and BASIC languages. It outlines the installation of Flex and Bison through Cygwin on Windows systems.
The document summarizes a seminar presentation on symbol table generation. It defines what a symbol table is, explaining that it collects information about identifiers in a source program like their storage allocation, type, and scope. This information includes the type of arguments for procedures, how arguments are passed, and the return type. A symbol table is necessary because declarations appear once but uses may be in many places, and it is used by compiler phases for type checking, verifying definitions are used correctly, and generating code.
The document discusses the role and implementation of a lexical analyzer in compilers. A lexical analyzer is the first phase of a compiler that reads source code characters and generates a sequence of tokens. It groups characters into lexemes and determines the tokens based on patterns. A lexical analyzer may need to perform lookahead to unambiguously determine tokens. It associates attributes with tokens, such as symbol table entries for identifiers. The lexical analyzer and parser interact through a producer-consumer relationship using a token buffer.
Lex is a tool that generates lexical analyzers (scanners) that are used to break input text streams into tokens. It allows rapid development of scanners by specifying patterns and actions in a lex source file. The lex source file contains three sections - definitions, translation rules, and user subroutines. The translation rules specify patterns and corresponding actions. Lex compiles the source file to a C program that performs the tokenization. Example lex programs are provided to tokenize input based on regular expressions and generate output.