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| author | aarne <aarne@cs.chalmers.se> | 2008-06-25 16:43:48 +0000 |
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| committer | aarne <aarne@cs.chalmers.se> | 2008-06-25 16:43:48 +0000 |
| commit | b96b36f43de3e2f8b58d5f539daa6f6d47f25870 (patch) | |
| tree | 0992334be13cec6538a1dea22fbbf26ad6bdf224 /src/GF/Devel/gf-code.txt | |
| parent | fe367412e0aeb4ad5c02de68e6eca382e0f96984 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/src/GF/Devel/gf-code.txt b/src/GF/Devel/gf-code.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e8954bedf..000000000 --- a/src/GF/Devel/gf-code.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,66 +0,0 @@ -Guide to GF Implementation Code -Aarne Ranta - - - -This document describes the code in GF grammar compiler and interactive -environment. It is aimed to cover well the implementation of the forthcoming -GF3. In comparison to GF 2.8, this implementation uses -- the same source language, GF (only slightly modified) -- a different run-time target language, GFCC (instead of GFCM) -- a different separate compilation target language (a fragment GF itself, - instead of GFC) -- a different internal representation of source code - - -Apart from GFCC, the goal of GF3 is simplification and consolidation, rather -than innovation. This is shown in particular in the abolition of GFC, and in -the streamlined internal source code format. The insight needed to achieve -these simplifications would not have been possible (at least for us) without -years of experimenting with the more messy formats; those formats moreover -grew organically when features were added to the GF language, and the old -implementation was thus a result of evolution rather than careful planning. - -GF3 is planned to be released in an Alpha version in the end of 2007, its -sources forming a part of GF release 2.9. - -There are currently two versions of GF3, as regards executables and ``make`` -items: -- ``gf3``, using the old internal representation of source language, and - integrating a compiler from GF to GFCC and an interpreter of GFCC -- ``testgf3``, using the new formats everywhere but implementing the compiler - only; this program does not yet yield reasonable output - - -The descriptions below will target the newest ideas, that is, ``textgf3`` -whenever it differs from ``gf3``. - - -==The structure of the code== - -Code that is not shared with GF 2.8 is located in subdirectories of -``GF/Devel/``. Those subdirectories will, however, be moved one level -up. Currently they include -- ``GF/Devel/Grammar``: the datatypes and basic operations of source code -- ``GF/Devel/Compile``: the phases of compiling GF to GFCC - - -The other directories involved are -- ``GF/GFCC``: data types and functionalities of GFCC -- ``GF/Infra``: infrastructure utilities for the implementation -- ``GF/Data``: datastructures belonging to infrastructure - - -==The source code implementation== - -==The compiler== - -==The GFCC interpreter== - -==The GF command interpreter== - - - - - - |
