Next lecture… in the lab

• We're going to need to use both Jlex and CUP, working over specifications of Tiger

• I'll mail you by Monday midday

  • instructions for downloading the required files

• We'll then build the parser on Tuesday

  • and look at how to construct abstract syntax trees

• Reading

  • Chapter 2 is an easy read to assist understanding of how lexing can be automated – not essential
  • Chapter 3 – widen your knowledge of LR (also known as shift-reduce parsing), and conflict reports
  • Chapter 4 – Read this one – on augmenting parser with AST constructors

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