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The AST Typing Problem

This Lambda the Ultimate post (dated 2010) describes a rather universal problem faced by compiler writers: how does one go about adding “extra information” (e.g. types) to an AST? (The post itself divides the problem into three components: adding the information to the data types, using the information to inform the construction of the node, […]

  • May 28, 2013