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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1990
David A Seberger, Livermore, CA (US);
Supercomputer Systems Limited Partnership, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Abstract
A parser for parsing computer programs in a compiler has parsing tables arranged as linear vectors. In a reduction portion of the parser, a production table and a lookahead set table have paired entries at identical address offsets such that a one-to-one relationship exists between each lookahead set in the lookahead set table and the representation of the lookahead set in the lookahead set table. In a read transition portion of the parser, an entrance symbol table has entries paired with transition state representations and each pair being at an identical address offset in the respective tables. For a reduction or read transition operation, the lookahead set table or the entrance symbol table is scanned to find the appropriate entry. Once the appropriate entry is found, the production table or the transition state table is addressed using the offset of the appropriate entry found during the scanning process.