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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1988
Ichiro Naito, Shibuya, JP;
Hiroyuki Maezawa, Tama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A program change effect indicating method for use in a computer system designed to support the determination of parts to be changed in a program. Change steps associated with the method include; the steps of generating analyzed program information by analyzing a program, the analyzed program information representing attributes of respective statements in the program which constitute the program as well as connections between the statements; generating, in accordance with predetermined program intention determining rules, program intention information representing the intentions of the respective statements in the program from the analyzed program information. Inputting change designating information designated by a user which represents a statement to be changed and the contents of the changes; Further change steps associated with the method includes generating, in accordance with predetermined change detail determining rules, change effect information which identifies statements to be changed in association with the change designated by the user and the contents of the required changes from the program intention information, the information representing the relationship between the statements, and the change designating information; and outputting the change effect information.