chapter 2 chang chi-chung 2007.3.15. lexical analyzer the tasks of the lexical analyzer: remove...

Chapter 2

Chang Chi-Chung

2007.3.15

Lexical Analyzer

The tasks of the lexical analyzer: Remove white space and comments Encode constants as tokens Recognize Keywords and Identifiers Store identifier names in a symbol table.

Lexical Analyzer

Lexical analyzerLexer()

<if> <(> <id, “peek”> <eq> <const, ‘\n’> <)> <id, “line”><assign> <id, “line”> <+> <num, 1> <;>

if (peek == ‘\n’) line = line +1

Parser or Syntax-Directed TranslatorParser()

token token Attribute

Remove white space and comments

for ( ; ; peek = next character ){ if ( peek is a blank or a tab ) do nothing; else if (peek is a newline) line = line + 1; else break;}

For white spaces and comments Eliminated by the lexical analyzer. Modifying the grammar to incorporate it into the

syntax. ( not easy )

Encode constants as tokens For a sequence of digits, the lexical analyzer must

pass to the parser a token. The token consists of the terminal along with an integer-

valued attribute computed from the digits. Example

31 + 28 + 29 <num, 31> <+> <num, 28> <+> <num,29>

if ( peek holds a digit ) {

v = 0;

do {

v = v * 10 + integer value of digit peek;

peek = next input character;

} while (peek holds a digit)

return token <num, v>;

}

Recognize Keywords and Identifiers Keyword

A fixed character string as punctuation marks or to identify constructs.

Example for、 while、 if

Identifier Use to name variables, arrays, functions, and the like. Parser treat identifiers as terminals. Example

count = count + increment; <id, ”count”> = <id, “count”> <+> <id, “increment”> <;>

Recognize Keywords and Identifiers The lexical analyzer uses a table to hold character

strings. A string table can be implemented by a hash table. Single Representation Reserved Words.

if ( peek holds a letter ) {

collect letters or digits into a buffer b;

s = string formed from the characters in b;

w = token returned by words.get(s);

if (w is not null) return w;

else {

Enter the key-value pair (s, <id, s>) into words

return token <id, s>;

}

}

Create a Lexical AnalyzerToken scan() {

skip white space. (A) handle numbers. (B) handle reserved words and identifiers. (C) Token t = new Token(peek);

peek = blank; (D) return t;}

Complete Lexical Analyzer (1)

package lexer;public class Token { public final int tag; public Token(int t) { tag = t; }}

public class Tag { public final static int NUM = 256, ID = 257, TRUE = 258, FALSE = 259;}

public class Num extends Token { public final int value; public Num(int v) { super(Tag.NUM); value = v; }}

public class Word extends Token { public final String lexeme; public Word(int t, String s) { super(t); lexeme = new String(s); }}

class Token+int tag

class Num+int value

class Word+string lexeme

Complete Lexical Analyzer (2)package lexer;import java.io.*;import java.util.*;

public class Lexer { public int line = 1; private char peek = ' '; private Hashtable words = new Hashtable();

void reserve(Word t) { words.put(t.lexeme, t); }

public Lexer() { reserve( new Word(Tag.TRUE, "true") ); reserve( new Word(Tag.FALSE, "false") ); }

Complete Lexical Analyzer (3)public Token scan() throws IOException { for ( ; ; peek = (char) System.in.read() ) { if ( peek == ' ' || peek == '\t' ) continue; else if ( peek == '\n' ) line = line + 1; else break; } if ( Character.isDigit(peek) ) { int v = 0; do { v = v * 10 + Character.digit(peek, 10); peek = (char) System.in.read(); } while ( Character.isDigit(peek) ) return new Num(v); } }}

C

D

Complete Lexical Analyzer (4)public Token scan() throws IOException {

if ( Character.isLetter(peek) ) { StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer(); do { b.append(peek); peek = (char) System.in.read() } while ( Character.isLetterOrDigit(peek) ); String s = b.toString(); Word w = (Word) words.get(s); if (w != null) return w; w = new Word(Tag.ID, s); words.put(s, w); return w; } Token t = new Token(peek); peek = ' '; return t; }}

A

B

Symbol Tables

Symbol tables are data structures Used by compilers to hold information about

source-program constructs. Scope of identifier x

The scope of a particular declaration x Scope

A portion of a program that is the scope of one or more declaration.

Symbol Tables

w

x int

y int

w int

y bool

z int

B0

B1

B3

{

int x1, int y1;

{

int w2; bool y2; int z2;

w2; x1; y2; z2;

}

w0; x1; y1;

}

Symbol Tablespackage symbols;import java.util.*;public class Env {

private Hashtable table;protected Env prev;

public Env(Env p) {table = new Hashtable();prev = p;

}

public void put(String s, Symbol sym) {table.put(s, sym);

}

public Symbol get(String s) {for (Env e = this; e != null; e = e.prev) { Symbol found = (Symbol)(e.table.get(s));

if (found != null) return found;}return null;

}}

w

x inty int

w inty bool

z int

B0

B1

B3

The Use of Symbol Tablesprogram → block { top = null; } block → ‘{‘ { saved = top; top = new Env(top); print(“{ “); } decls stmts ‘}’ { top = saved; print(“} “); }

decls → decls decl | ε

decl → type id ; { s = new Symbol; s.type = type.lexeme; top.put(id.lexeme, s); } stmts → stmts stmt | ε

stmt → block | factor ; { print(“; “); }

factor → id { s = top.get(id.lexeme); print(id.lexeme); print(“:”); print(s.type); }

Intermediate Code Generation Two most important intermediate representations.

Trees Parse trees, syntax trees (abstract trees) Example

while ( expr ) stmt op: while E1 : expr E2 : stmt

Linear representations Three-address code Example

ifFalse x goto L ifTrue x goto L goto L x [ y ] = z x = y [ z ]

op

E1 E2

x = y op z

Intermediate Code Generation

Parser or Syntax-Directed TranslatorParser()

If

eq

peek

assign

(int)

‘\n’

line

line 1

+

1: t1 = (int) ‘\n’2: ifFalse peek == t1 goto 43: line = line + 14:

or

if (peek == ‘\n’) line = line +1

Syntax TreesConcrete Syntax Abstract Syntax

=

||

&&

== !=

< <= >= >

+ -

* / %

!

-unary

[ ]

assign

cond

cond

rel

rel

op

op

not

minus

access

Syntax Treesseq

seq

seq if

while

null sometree

for anexpression

sometree

for anexpression

sometree

for anexpression

sometree

for anexpression

Static Checking Static checks are consistency checks that are

done during compilation. Syntactic Checking Type Checking

L-values and R-values i = 5 i = i + 1