Graph Translation Schemes to Generate Compiler Parts

Abstract

Graph translation schemes (GTSs) are a generalization of attribute grammars and of some ideas in Koster's language CDL2 They are specially designed to support a compiler writer in defining parts of the back-end of his compiler, but they can also be useful for the specification of the analysis pass of a compiler. GTSs combine elements of functional and of algorithmic specification techniques to allow iterative attribute evaluation and attributing of program graphs. GTSs consist of only a few syntactical elements. We present operational semantics and discuss improvements in the efficiency of the proposed implementation of GTSs. © 1987, ACM. All rights reserved.