Implicit line continuation
US8239842B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 24, 2009 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/427
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Modified compilers and other development tools provide implied line continuation within a sequence of syntax tokens of a programming language grammar which includes multiple semantic contexts and which uses line termination as presumptive statement termination. When source code parsing encounters a line terminator adjacent a context-dependent implicit line continuation token in an associated semantic context, an explicit decision is made whether to imply line continuation. Line continuation may also be implied in response to other specified tokens.
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