To learn every thing follow the notes and carry one standard book and for practical we will use SPIM Simulator.
Before move to Phase one that is Lexical Analysis , we need to learn What is Pass:
1. All processing steps of compiler are grouped into two phases : Analysis and Synthesis.
2. Analysis Part: Lexical, Syntax, Semantic, Intermediate Code Generator.
3. Synthesis Part: Code Optimizer and Code Generator.
4. Pass is the Processing performed by the Language Processor.
5. First is Single Pass: Compile the program in single Pass.
6. Multi Pass: Compile the program in multiple passes.
7. Multi Pass compiler are also used when amount of memeory is limited.
Lets check out Front end and Back end Compiler phases:
- Front end consist that part of source language which is independent of target language.
- Back end includes those portion of the compiler that depends on the target machine.
- Remember : C is a dependent language and JAVA is a independent language because the source file of C language is obtained by the help of Synthesis Phase while JAVA source file is obtained by Analysis Phase. Those languages which is obtained by analysis phase they don't need any specific platform to run , they can run any where with the help of source file.
- Lexical Analysis: Main task to read program , produces sequence of tokens that the parser uses for syntax analysis.
- Syntax Analysis: Assist programmer in identifying and locating errors by constructing syntax tree.
- Semantic Analysis: Type checking , flow of control checks, uniqueness, name related check.
- Intermediate Code Generator: Generating intermediate code for optimization.
- Code Optimizer: Optimizing the intermediate code with the help of Three address codes and Parse tree.
- Code Generator: Accurate, faster and target machine code builder.
- Symbol table: Symbol table is a Data structure containing a record for each identifier with fields for he attributes of the identifier.
- Error Handler: Handles all kinds of errors in each phase.
- Taking one example as a small program and will get machine code(binary form 0,1).
- Calculate a = b + rate*40. Need to find machine code with the help of all Compiler phases.
- In the very first step we get tokens, sequence of character with the help of Lexical Analysis(Complete part will you understand in rest of the coming lexical notes till then just understand we are breaking the programs into tokens.)
- Regular expressions are widely used to specify patterns.
- Output is id1 = id2 + id3* 40.
- Syntax Analyzer : Generate parse tree.
- Semantic Analyzer : Checking all errors and generate syntax tree for Intermediate code generate step.
- Finally we get Intermediate codes: Temp1: = int to real(40)
Temp3 := id2+temp2
&nb
- Code generator: Generates Machine Code
Mov
id3, R2
Mul
40, R2
Mov
id2, R1
Add
R2,R1
Mov
R1, id1
Let
rate=2 so R2=2 // we have two temporary
registers R1, R2[both active status=1]
Multiply
40*R2= 40*2=80 // multiply 40*2 and store in R2
Let
b= 10 so R1=10 // b=2 so register R1=10
Add
80 +10= 90 store in R1 // Add 80+10 and
store in R1
Mov A=90&