Object type system for a run-time environment using generated high-order language instructions for generic functions
US6782532B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 24, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 29, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/315
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A static object system is provided to allow for code for implementing a run-time environment to be automatically generated that is compatible with a high-order systems programming language such as C. In particular, the meta-object system is static, object-oriented, and uses generic functions that can dispatch to an appropriate member function based on the types of one or more arguments. In one embodiment, the generated dispatch code uses a multi-way conditional branch.
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