在基于语言的转换工具中保留源代码的文档结构

Proceedings First IEEE International Workshop on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI:10.1109/SCAM.2001.972674

M. L. Van De Vanter

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基于语言的工具必须将文本源代码转换为基于语法的表示。在翻译过程中，诸如编译器和分析器之类的工具通常可以自由地丢弃注释和空白，这对代码的正式含义没有影响。生成经过转换的源代码供人类使用的工具就没有这种自由。注释和空白对源代码的可理解性和可维护性至关重要，因此对源代码的最终价值至关重要。然而，对于转换工具来说，完整地复制注释和空白并不总是实际的或可取的。对源代码的文档(而不是语言)结构进行分析，可以得出一种实用的策略，以便在使用此类工具处理时保持其可理解性。

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Preserving the documentary structure of source code in language-based transformation tools

Language-based tools necessarily translate textual source code into grammar-based representations. During translation, tools such as compilers and analyzers are generally free to discard comments and white space, which have no impact on the code's formal meaning. Tools that produce transformed source code for human consumption enjoy no such freedom. Comments and white space are crucial to the comprehensibility and maintainability of source code and thus to its ultimate value. However, it is not always practical or desirable for transformation tools to replicate comments and white space in their entirety. An analysis of the documentary (as opposed to linguistic) structure of source code leads to a practical strategy for preserving its comprehensibility when processed by such tools.

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