Incremental compilation of C++ programs
US6182281A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 16, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 16, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/48
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An enhanced compiler for compiling C++ programs without the use of forward declarations normally included in program header files. Through multiple parsing passes, the compiler extracts definitions for the declarations directly from the bodies of the C++ files. By saving the definitions to a persistent program representation, for example a program database, on subsequent sweeps, only definitions for new or changed declarations need be updated. In this way, C++ programs can be incrementally compiled on a declaration by declaration basis.
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