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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2000
Nicolai Kosche, San Francisco, CA (US);
Milton E. Barber, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Peter C. Damron, Fremont, CA (US);
Douglas Walls, Belmont, CA (US);
Sidney J. Hummert, Fremont, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system that allows a programmer to specify a set of constraints that the programmer has adhered to in writing code so that a compiler is able to assume the set of constraints in disambiguating memory references within the code. The system operates by receiving an identifier for a set of constraints on memory references that the programmer has adhered to in writing the code. The system uses the identifier to select a disambiguation technique from a set of disambiguation techniques. Note that each disambiguation technique is associated with a different set of constraints on memory references. The system uses the selected disambiguation technique to identify memory references within the code that can alias with each other.