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Syntax-directed Translation
What you will learn in this chapter
- What do we mean by “meaning” of a program?
- Semantics of a program
- Interplay of Syntax and Semantics
- What is “Syntax-directed Translation”?
- Static and Dynamic semantic analysis
- Methods of semantic specifications
- What is a Semantic stack and how it is used?
- Semantic stacks in yacc
- Actions in yacc
- What are Attribute grammars?
- What is a dependency graph?
- What are Inherited and Synthesized Attributes?
- What are S-type Definitions and L-type Definitions?
- Synthesized and Inherited Attributes in yacc
- Symbol Table handling and semantic analysis
- Symbol Table in miniC
- Intermediate Representation output for miniC
Key Words
semantic analysis, syntax-directed translation, semantic specifications, ...
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