Aspect-Oriented Compilers

  • Authors:
  • Oege de Moor;Simon L. Peyton Jones;Eric Van Wyk

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • GCSE '99 Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Generative and Component-Based Software Engineering
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

Aspect-oriented programming provides the programmer with means to cross-cut conventional program structures, in particular the class hierarchies of object-oriented programming. This paper studies the use of aspect orientation in structuring syntax directed compilers implemented as attribute grammars. Specifically, it describes a method for specifying definitions of related attributes as 'aspects' and treating them as first-class objects, that can be stored, manipulated and combined. It is hoped that this embedding of an aspect-oriented programming style in Haskell provides a stepping stone towards a more general study of the semantics of aspect-oriented programming.