Attribute grammars for modular disambiguation
In Proceedings of the IEEE 2nd international conference on intelligent computer communication and processing (ICCP’06)
Abstract
To face the challenges to tomorrow’s software engineering tools, powerful language-generic program-transformation components are needed. We propose the use of attribute grammars (AGs) to generate language specific disambiguation filters. In this paper, a complete implementation of a language-independent AGs system is presented. As a full scale experiment, we present an implementation of a flexible C front-end. Its specifications are concise, modular, and the result is efficient. On top of it, transformations such as software renovation, code metrics, domain specific language embedding can be implemented.