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Extending a development environment

US8954939B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 31, 2012
Grant dateFeb 10, 2015
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Expiry dateJan 19, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F8/30
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Concepts and technologies are described herein for extending the behavior of a software development tool. An extension can be accessed and consumed by a software development tool to configure the software development tool to perform an operation in an extended mode. In one example, an extension can extend a compiler based on the input source code. In one configuration, the compiler extension can provide a compiler with one or more runtime semantics of various source code elements for a particular programming language. The compiler can access an extensions list to determine if the compiler is to perform a compilation operation on a particular source code element or logical unit in an extended mode.

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