NDLI: Incremental table-based method dispatch for reflective object-oriented languages

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Holst, W. Szafron, D.
Copyright Year	1997
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Comput. Sci., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada (Holst, W.)
Abstract	A collection of algorithms and data structures are presented which provide incremental dispatch table modification. Incrementally modified dispatch tables allow table-based dispatch techniques to be used in reflective, dynamically typed, single-receiver languages with type/implementation-paired multiple inheritance. By storing a small amount of information, the algorithms can incrementally maintain the entire dispatch environment during the four fundamental environment modification requests: adding/removing selectors to/from classes and adding/removing class hierarchy links. The algorithms combine method dispatch calculation, inheritance management, and inheritance conflict detection into a single process, making the algorithms highly efficient. The algorithms also incrementally compute hierarchy information to establish which method addresses can be uniquely identified during compilation.
Starting Page	63
Ending Page	74
File Size	54174
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISBN	081868383X
DOI	10.1109/TOOLS.1997.654701
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1997-08-01
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Runtime Data structures
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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