[comp.lang.c++] Format of output of ZTC1

cww@ndmath.UUCP (Clarence W. Wilkerson) (12/23/88)

I was curious about the output of pass 1 of ZTC and the C++ version.
I ran some sample files and looked with DEBUG, but ran out of steam.
I can understand it if this is regarded as proprietary, but otherwise
I would like what information is available, not necessarly posted
to the net, since this might be of limited interest. Thanks.
Clarence Wilkerson.

bright@Data-IO.COM (Walter Bright) (12/24/88)

In article <1257@ndmath.UUCP> cww@ndmath.UUCP (Clarence W. Wilkerson) writes:
>I was curious about the output of pass 1 of ZTC and the C++ version.

The intermediate file format is not proprietary. It's just that if I
published it, I'd have to support it. I change it with nearly every new
version of the compiler, and don't want to worry about backwards
compatibility.

The format is basically symbol table records, expression trees in prefix
form, and a flow graph to connect the expressions together.