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Tutorial on Name Analysis

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Objects Having a Scope Type

This example demonstrates a typical situation where the tasks of name analysis and type analysis are interleaved. Since type analysis is not the topic of this tutorial, we concentrate on one aspect where it affects name analysis.

We extend our language by class variables. Such a variable is declared by v : c where c is a class identifier. The variable v is a structure that has the components declared for c and for the classes inherited by c.

With this extension class declarations can be considered as declarations of type names which are used as type identifiers in variable declarations.

In order to access the components of a class variable, we introduce a selection construct that is similar to the qualified access construct:

ScopeType.con[32]== 

Operand:        UseIdent '.' SelectIdent.
SelectIdent:    Ident.

This macro is attached to a product file.

We here specify a very simple version of type analysis: Types are represented by DefTableKeys. A property TypeOf associates a type with an object key:

ScopeType.pdl[33]== 

TypeOf: DefTableKey;

This macro is attached to a product file.

The following computational roles specify how the TypeOf property is set and accessed in proper order:

TypeModule.lido[34]== 

ATTR Type: DefTableKey;

CLASS SYMBOL RootType COMPUTE
  SYNT.GotType = CONSTITUENTS SetType.GotType;
END;

CLASS SYMBOL SetType COMPUTE
  SYNT.GotType = ResetTypeOf (THIS.Key, INH.Type);
END;

CLASS SYMBOL GetType COMPUTE
  SYNT.Type = GetTypeOf (THIS.Key, NoKey)
        <- INCLUDING Program.GotType;
END;

This macro is attached to a product file.

Usually the defining occurrences of identifiers, DefIdent in our language, are the contexts where the type of the object is specified. Hence they have the role of SetType.

As we here are only interested in types of variables, we specify a default unknown type represented by NoKey. In variable declarations the type of the declared identifier is specified to be the key of the type identifier.

In the context of applied identifier occurrences, UseIdent, their type may be used for further analysis. They have the role GetType.

ScopeType.lido[35]== 

SYMBOL DefIdent INHERITS SetType COMPUTE
  INH.Type = NoKey;
END;

RULE: VarDecl ::= TypeUseIdent DefIdent COMPUTE
  DefIdent.Type = TypeUseIdent.Key;
END;

SYMBOL UseIdent INHERITS GetType END;

SYMBOL Program INHERITS RootType END;

This macro is attached to a product file.

The select construct combines the technique of using a scope property, as introduced for qualified access (QualIdent above), and type analysis: SelectIdent has the QualIdUse role. The identifier is bound in the scope associated with the type of the variable identifier. SelectIdent.ScopeKey is specified to be the key that has the scope property.

SelectType.lido[36]== 

SYMBOL SelectIdent INHERITS
        QualIdUse,
        ChkQualIdUse, IdentOcc
END;

RULE: Expression ::= UseIdent '.' SelectIdent COMPUTE
  SelectIdent.ScopeKey = UseIdent.Type;

  IF (EQ (SelectIdent.Scope, NoEnv),
  message (FATAL, "module variable required for selection",
           0, COORDREF))
  ;
END;

This macro is attached to a product file.

Similar to previous examples we have to check that the type of the variable really allows selection.

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