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Fall 2014-2015 Compiler PrinciplesLecture 2: Parsing part 1

Roman ManevichBen-Gurion University

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Previously: lexical analysis

• High-level process

• Scanner generator (e.g., JFlex) automatically generates scanner code

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List ofregular

expressions(one per lexeme)

NFA+Є DFAToken nextToken() {…}

Codeimplementingmaximal munchwith tie breaking policy

minimization

Books

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CompilersPrinciples, Techniques, and ToolsAlfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D. Ullman

Advanced Compiler Design and ImplementationSteven Muchnik

Modern Compiler DesignD. Grune, H. Bal, C. Jacobs, K. Langendoen

Modern Compiler Implementation in JavaAndrew W. Appel

Tentative syllabus

FrontEnd

Scanning

Top-downParsing (LL)

Bottom-upParsing (LR)

AttributeGrammars

IntermediateRepresentation

Lowering

Optimizations

Local Optimizations

DataflowAnalysis

LoopOptimizations

Code Generation

RegisterAllocation

InstructionSelection

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mid-term exam

Agenda

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• Understand role of syntax analysis

• Context-free grammars refresher

• Top-down parsing

The bigger picture

• Compilers include different kinds of program analyses each further constrains the set of legal programs

– Lexical constraints

– Syntax constraints

– Semantic constraints

– “Logical” constraints(Verifying Compiler grand challenge)

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Program consists of legal tokens

Program included in a given context-free language

Program included in a given attribute grammar (type checking, legal inheritance graph, variables initialized before used)

Memory safety: null dereference, array-out-of-bounds access,data races, functional correctness (program meets specification)

Syntax analysis overview

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Role of syntax analysis

• Recover structure from stream of tokens– Parse tree / abstract syntax tree

• Error reporting (recovery)• Other possible tasks

– Syntax directed translation (one pass compilers)– Create symbol table– Create pretty-printed version of the program, e.g., Auto

Formatting function in Eclipse

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High-levelLanguage

(scheme)

Executable

Code

LexicalAnalysis

Syntax Analysis

Parsing

AST SymbolTableetc.

Inter.Rep.(IR)

CodeGeneration

From tokens to abstract syntax trees

59 + (1257 * xPosition)

)id*num(+num

Lexical Analyzer

program text

token stream

Parser

Grammar:

E id

E num

E E + E

E E * E

E ( E ) +

num

num x

*

Abstract Syntax Tree

validsyntaxerror

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Lexicalerror valid

Regular expressionsFinite automata

Context-free grammarsPush-down automata

Context-free grammarsrefresher

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Example grammar

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shorthand for Statement

shorthand for Expression

shorthand for List(of expressions)

S S ; SS id := E S print (L)E idE numE E + EL EL L, E

CFG terminology

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Symbols:Terminals (tokens): ; := ( ) id num print

Non-terminals: S E L

Start non-terminal: SConvention: the non-terminal appearingin the first derivation rule

Grammar productions (rules)

N α

S S ; SS id := E S print (L)E idE numE E + EL EL L, E

More definitions

• Sentential form: a sequence of symbols, terminals (tokens) and non-terminals

• Sentence: a sequence of terminals (tokens)

• Derivation step: given a sentential form αNβand rule N µ a step is the transitionαNβ αµβ

• Derivation sequence: a sequence of derivation steps 1 … k such that i i+1 is the result of applying one production and k is a sentence

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Language of a CFG

• A word ω is in L(G) (valid program) if there exists a corresponding derivation sequence– Start the start symbol

– Repeatedly replace one of the non-terminals by a right-hand side of a production

– Stop when the sentence contains only terminals

• ω is in L(G) if S * ω– Rightmost derivation

– Leftmost derivation

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Leftmost derivation

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S

=> S ; S

=> id := E ; S

=> id := num ; S

=> id := num ; id := E

=> id := num ; id := E + E

=> id := num ; id := num + E

=> id := num ; id := num + num

a := 56 ; b := 7 + 3

id := num ; id := num + num

S S ; SS id := E S print (L)E idE numE E + EL EL L, E

Rightmost derivation

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S

=> S ; S

=> S ; id := E

=> S ; id := E + E

=> S ; id := E + num

=> S ; id := num + num

=> id := E ; id := num + num

=> id := num ; id := num + num

a := 56 ; b := 7 + 3

id := num ; id := num + num

S S ; SS id := E S print (L)E idE numE E + EL EL L, E

Canonical derivations

• Leftmost/rightmost derivations may not be unique but they allow describing a derivation by the sequence of production rules taken (since non-terminal is already known)

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Parse trees

• Tree nodes are symbols, children ordered left-to-right

• Each internal node is non-terminal and its children correspond to one of its productions

N µ1 … µk

• Root is start non-terminal

• Leaves are tokens

• Yield of parse tree: left-to-right walk over leaves

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µ1 µk

N

Parse tree exercise

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S S ; SS id := E S print (L)E idE numE E + EL EL L, E id := num ; id := num num+

Draw parse tree for expression

Parse tree exercise

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id := num ; id := num num+

E E E

S E

S

S

Order-independent representation

S S ; SS id := E S print (L)E idE numE E + EL EL L, E

(S(Sa := (E56)E)S ; (Sb := (E(E7)E + (E3)E)E)S)SEquivalently add parentheses labeled by non-terminal names

Capabilities and limitations of CFGs

• CFGs naturally express– Hierarchical structure

• A program is a list of classes,A Class is a list of definition…

– Alternatives• A definition is either a field definition or a method definition

– Beginning-end type of constraints• Balanced parentheses S (S)S | ε

• Cannot express– Correlations between unbounded strings (identifiers)– For example: variables are declared before use: ω S ω

• Handled by semantic analysis (attribute grammars)

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p. 173

Bad grammars

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Badly-formed grammars

• A non-terminal N is reachable if S * αNβ• A non-terminal N is generating if N * ω• A grammar G is badly-formed if it either contains unreachable non-

terminals or non-generating non-terminals– G1 = {

S xN y

}– G2 = {

S x | NN a N b N

}

• Theorem: for every grammar G there exists an equivalent well-formed grammar G’ ( that is, L(G)=L(G’) )Proof: exercise

• From now on, we will only handle well-formed grammars

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Ambiguity in Context-free grammars

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Sometimes there are two parse trees

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Leftmost derivation

E

E + E

num + E

num + E + E

num + num + E

num + num + num

num(1)

E

E E

+

E E

+num(2) num(3)

Rightmost derivation

E

E + E

E + num

E + E + num

E + num + num

num + num + num

+ num(3)+num(1) num(2)

Arithmetic expressions:

E id

E num

E E + E

E E * E

E ( E )

1 + 2 + 3

E

E E

E

E

1 + (2 + 3) (1 + 2) + 3

Is ambiguity a problem for compilers?

Leftmost derivation

E

E + E

num + E

num + E + E

num + num + E

num + num + num

num(1)

E

E E

+

E E

+num(2) num(3)

Rightmost derivation

E

E + E

E + num

E + E + num

E + num + num

num + num + num

+ num(3)+num(1) num(2)

Arithmetic expressions:

E id

E num

E E + E

E E * E

E ( E )

1 + 2 + 3

E

E E

E

E

= 6 = 6

1 + (2 + 3) (1 + 2) + 3Depends on semantics

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Problematic ambiguity example

Leftmost derivation

E

E + E

num + E

num + E * E

num + num * E

num + num * num

num(1)

E

E E

+

E E

*num(2) num(3)

Rightmost derivation

E

E * E

E * num

E + E * num

E + num * num

num + num * num

* num(3)+num(1) num(2)

Arithmetic expressions:

E id

E num

E E + E

E E * E

E ( E )

1 + 2 * 3

This is what we usually want: * has precedence over +

E

E E

E

E

= 7 = 9

1 + (2 * 3) (1 + 2) * 3

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Ambiguous grammars

• A grammar is ambiguous if there exists a word for which there are– Two different leftmost derivations

– Two different rightmost derivations

– Two different parse trees

• Property of grammars, not languages

• Some languages are inherently ambiguous –no unambiguous grammars exist

• No algorithm to detect whether arbitrary grammar is ambiguous

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Drawbacks of ambiguous grammars

• Ambiguous semantics

• Parsing complexity

• May affect other phases

• Solutions?

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Drawbacks of ambiguous grammars

• Ambiguous semantics

• Parsing complexity

• May affect other phases

• Solutions

– Allow only non-ambiguous grammars

– Transform grammar into non-ambiguous

– Handle as part of parsing method

• Using special form of “precedence”

• Wait for bottom-up parsing lecture

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Transforming ambiguous grammars to non-ambiguous by layering

Ambiguous grammar

E E + E

E E * E

E id

E num

E ( E )

Unambiguous grammar

E E + T

E T

T T * F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

Layer 1

Layer 2

Layer 3

Let’s derive 1 + 2 * 3

Each layer takes care of one way of composing sub-strings to form a string:1: by +2: by *3: atoms

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Transformed grammar: * precedes +

Ambiguous grammar

E E + E

E E * E

E id

E num

E ( E )

Unambiguous grammar

E E + T

E T

T T * F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

Derivation

E

=> E + T

=> T + T

=> F + T

=> 1 + T

=> 1 + T * F

=> 1 + F * F

=> 1 + 2 * F

=> 1 + 2 * 3+ * 321

F F F

T

TE

T

E

Parse tree

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Transformed grammar: + precedes *

Ambiguous grammar

E E + E

E E * E

E id

E num

E ( E )

Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

Derivation

E

=> E * T

=> T * T

=> T + F * T

=> F + F * T

=> 1 + F * T

=> 1 + 2 * T

=> 1 + 2 * F

=> 1 + 2 * 3

F F F

T

T

E

T

E

Parse tree

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Another example for layering

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Ambiguous grammar

P ε

| P P

| ( P )

ε )( ε )(( )

P P

P P

P

ε )( ε )(( )

P P

P P

P

P

ε

P

Another example for layering

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Ambiguous grammar

P ε

| P P

| ( P )

Unambiguous grammar

S P S

| ε

P ( S )

Takes care of “concatenation”

Takes care of nesting

ε )( ε )(( )

S S

P P

s

ε

s

P

s

s

s

ε

“dangling-else” example

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Ambiguous grammar

S if E then S

| if E then S else S

| other

if

S

Sthen

thenif elseE S S

E

E1

E2 S1 S2

if

S

Sthen

thenif

else

E S

SE

E1

E2 S1

S2

if E1 then (if E2 then S1 else S2) if E1 then (if E2 then S1) else S2

This is what we usually want: match else to closest unmatched then

if E1 then if E2 then S1 else S2

p. 174

“dangling-else” example

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if

S

Sthen

thenif else

Ambiguous grammar

S if E then S

| if E then S else S

| other

E S S

E

E1

E2 S1 S2

if

S

Sthen

thenif

else

E S

SE

E1

E2 S1

S2

if E1 then (if E2 then S1 else S2) if E1 then (if E2 then S1) else S2

Unambiguous grammar

S M | U

M if E then M else M

| other

U if E then S

| if E then M else U

if E1 then if E2 then S1 else S2

Matched statements

Unmatched statements

p. 174

Parsing strategies

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Broad kinds of parsers

• Parsers for arbitrary grammars–Cocke-Younger-Kasami [‘65] method O(n3)

– Earley’s method (implemented by NLTK)

–Not commonly used by compilers

• Parsers for restricted classes of grammars– Top-Down

• With/without backtracking

–Bottom-Up

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Top-down parsing

• Constructs parse tree in a top-down matter

• Preorder tree traversal

• Find the leftmost derivation

• Predictive: for every non-terminal and k-tokens predictthe next production LL(k)

• Challenge: beginning with the start symbol, try to guess the productions to apply to end up at the user's program

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Top-down parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

F F F

T

T

E

T

E

Top-down parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

We need this rule to match the * in the input

+ * 321

E

Top-down parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

E

T

E

Top-down parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

T

E

T

E

Top-down parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

F

T

T

E

T

E

Top-down parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

F F

T

T

E

T

E

Top-down parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

F F

T

T

E

T

E

Top-down parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

F F

T

T

E

T

E

Top-down parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

F F

T

T

E

T

E

F

Top-down parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

F F F

T

T

E

T

E

Bottom-up parsing

• Construct parse tree in a bottom-up manner

• Find the rightmost derivation in a reverse order

• For every potential right hand side and k-tokens decide when a production is found LR(k)

• Postorder tree traversal

• Challenge: beginning with the user's program, try to apply productions in reverse to convert the program back into the start symbol

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Bottom-up parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

Bottom-up parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

F

Bottom-up parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

F

T

Bottom-up parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

F F

T

Bottom-up parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

F F

T

F

Bottom-up parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

F F

T

F

T

Bottom-up parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

F F

T

F

T

T

Bottom-up parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

F F

T

F

T

T

E

Bottom-up parsing example

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Unambiguous grammar

E E * T

E T

T T + F

T F

F id

F num

F ( E )

+ * 321

F F

T

F

T

T

E

E

Top-down parsingvia

recursive descent

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Challenges in top-down parsing

• Top-down parsing begins with virtually no information– Begins with just the start symbol, which matches

every program

• How can we know which productions to apply?• In general, we can‘t

– There are some grammars for which the best we can do is guess and backtrack if we're wrong

• If we have to guess, how do we do it?– Parsing as a search algorithm– Too expensive in theory (exponential worst-case time)

and practice

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Predictive parsing

• Given a grammar G and a word ω attempt to derive ω using G

• Idea– Apply production to leftmost nonterminal– Pick production rule based on next input token

• General grammar– More than one option for choosing the next

production based on a token

• Restricted grammars (LL)– Know exactly which single rule to apply– May require some lookahead to decide

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Boolean expressions example

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not ( not true or false )

E => not E => not ( E OP E ) =>not ( not E OP E ) =>not ( not LIT OP E ) =>not ( not true OP E ) =>not ( not true or E ) =>not ( not true or LIT ) =>not ( not true or false )

not E

E

( E OP E )

not LIT or LIT

true false

production to apply known from next token

E LIT | (E OP E) | not ELIT true | falseOP and | or | xor

Recursive descent parsing

• Define a function for every nonterminal

• Every function works as follows

– Find applicable production rule

– Terminal function checks match with next input token (if no match reports error)

– Nonterminal function calls (recursively) other functions

• If there are several applicable productions for a nonterminal, use lookahead

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Matching tokens

• Variable current holds the current input token

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match(token t) {

if (current == t)

current = next_token()

else

error

}

E LIT | (E OP E) | not ELIT true | falseOP and | or | xor

Functions for nonterminals

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E() {

if (current {TRUE, FALSE}) // E LIT

LIT();

else if (current == LPAREN) // E ( E OP E )

match(LPAREN); E(); OP(); E(); match(RPAREN);

else if (current == NOT) // E not E

match(NOT); E();

else

error;

}

LIT() {

if (current == TRUE) match(TRUE);

else if (current == FALSE) match(FALSE);

else error;

}

E LIT | (E OP E) | not ELIT true | falseOP and | or | xor

Implementation via recursion

E → LIT

| ( E OP E )

| not E

LIT → true

| false

OP → and

| or

| xor

E() {

if (current {TRUE, FALSE}) LIT();

else if (current == LPAREN) match(LPARENT); E(); OP(); E(); match(RPAREN);

else if (current == NOT) match(NOT); E();

else error;

}

LIT() {

if (current == TRUE) match(TRUE);

else if (current == FALSE) match(FALSE);

else error;

}

OP() {

if (current == AND) match(AND);

else if (current == OR) match(OR);

else if (current == XOR) match(XOR);

else error;

}

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Adding semantic actions

• Can add an action to perform on each production rule

• Can build the parse tree

– Every function returns an object of type Node

– Every Node maintains a list of children

– Function calls can add new children

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Building the parse tree

Node E() {

result = new Node();

result.name = “E”;

if (current {TRUE, FALSE}) // E LIT

result.addChild(LIT());

else if (current == LPAREN) // E ( E OP E )

result.addChild(match(LPAREN));

result.addChild(E());

result.addChild(OP());

result.addChild(E());

result.addChild(match(RPAREN));

else if (current == NOT) // E not E

result.addChild(match(NOT));

result.addChild(E());

else error;

return result;

}

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Recursive descent

• How do you pick the right A-production?

• Generally – try them all and use backtracking

• In our case – use lookahead

void A() {choose an A-production, A X1X2…Xk; for (i=1; i≤ k; i++) {if (Xi is a nonterminal) call procedure Xi();

elseif (Xi == current terminal)advance input;

elsereport error;

}}

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Technical challengeswith recursive descent

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• With lookahead 1, the function for indexed_elem will never be tried… – What happens for input of the form ID[expr]

term ID | indexed_elemindexed_elem ID [ expr ]

Recursive descent: problem 1

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Recursive descent: problem 2

int S() {

return A() && match(token(‘a’)) && match(token(‘b’));

}

int A() {

return match(token(‘a’)) || 1;

}

S A a bA a |

What happens for input “ab”?

What happens if you flip order of alternatives and try “aab”?

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Recursive descent: problem 3

int E() {

return E() && match(token(‘-’)) && term();

}

E E - term | term

What happens with this procedure?

Recursive descent parsers cannot handle left-recursive grammars

p. 127

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Indirect left recursion

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E F - term | termF E

int E() {

return F() && match(token(‘-’)) && term();

}

int F() {

return E();

}

A grammar is left-recursive if it allows a derivation sequence of the form S * N* N

Example: E F - term E - term

Next lecture:more on top-down parsing

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