Compiler having global element optimization
US7337173B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 4, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 26, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 4, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/443
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optimization technique is provided which automatically reduces the number of globals in a program to the minimum required. The optimization technique identifies those elements which are placed in a program as global elements, but which do not need to be global elements. The optimization technique parses all files in a program, identifies all global elements, and removes any global elements that are not used outside of a particular file within the program by converting these global elements to local elements or by disregarding those elements.
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