MetaLexer: A modular lexical specification language

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Aspect-Oriented Software Development, AOSD.11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 7-18

  Casey, Andrew ^a   Hendren, Laurie ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lexer; Meta lexing; Modular lexing; Modular scanning; Scanner

Indexed keywords

LEXER; META-LEXING; MODULAR LEXING; MODULAR SCANNING; SCANNER;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; PROGRAM TRANSLATORS; SCANNING; SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SPECIFICATION LANGUAGES; SPECIFICATIONS;

PROGRAM COMPILERS;

EID: 79955144324     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1960275.1960279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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