NDLI: Preserving the documentary structure of source code in language-based transformation tools

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Van De Vanter, M.L.
Copyright Year	2001
Description	Author affiliation: Sun Microsystems Labs., Palo Alto, CA, USA (Van De Vanter, M.L.)
Abstract	Language-based tools necessarily translate textual source code into grammar-based representations. During translation, tools such as compilers and analyzers are generally free to discard comments and white space, which have no impact on the code's formal meaning. Tools that produce transformed source code for human consumption enjoy no such freedom. Comments and white space are crucial to the comprehensibility and maintainability of source code and thus to its ultimate value. However, it is not always practical or desirable for transformation tools to replicate comments and white space in their entirety. An analysis of the documentary (as opposed to linguistic) structure of source code leads to a practical strategy for preserving its comprehensibility when processed by such tools.
Sponsorship	IEEE
Starting Page	131
Ending Page	141
File Size	129955
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769513875
DOI	10.1109/SCAM.2001.972674
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2001-11-10
Publisher Place	Italy
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	White spaces Humans Data structures Java Computer languages Tree data structures Eyes Sun Laboratories
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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Preserving the documentary structure of source code in language-based transformation tools