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Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom meeting at ISSAC


From: Stephen Wilson
Subject: Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom meeting at ISSAC
Date: 01 Aug 2007 15:57:14 -0400
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Gabriel Dos Reis <address@hidden> writes:

> Stephen Wilson <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
> | There is also the question of being able to provide the compiler
> | components in the form of a library which can be used by other aspects
> | Axiom.  For example, one would be able to use the new parser and
> | (forthcoming) type checker to support an IDE.
> 
> People may note that, in Axiom as of today, one can already get the
> syntax tree from both the old and the new parsers, and in fact use the
> parser as a library -- as has been done the algorithmic
> differentiation project.  You don't need to wait for a
> functional new compiler to do that.

Can it incrementally parse input as the user is typing, thus making it
a usable component in an IDE?  Is the AST itself specified?  Does it
the representation past the lexical analysis phase contain line and
column number information?  Is the current implementation easily
modifiable and extensible?

Steve






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