Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!pacbell.com!att!ucbvax!UA1VM.BITNET!MDORMAN1 From: MDORMAN1@UA1VM.BITNET (Mike Dorman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2 Subject: Re: COMPILING DEFINITION MODULES Message-ID: Date: 5 Apr 91 16:39:34 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Modula2 List Organization: Institute for Study of Wombats and Lemurs Lines: 30 On Thu, 4 Apr 91 19:25:14 GMT said: >I am writing a M2 compiler as part of an independent study. Could >some one please give me some ideas as to how .sym (or .ref) type >files, which basically store the symbol table in a file, are created? >Does anyone have any idea where I can find references which explain >how to do this? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Larry Schoeneman >larr@buhub.bradley.edu It's a bit obscure, but the manuals for TDI Modula-2/ST include Backus-Nuar formats for the .symbol files. Unfortunately, TDI has gone out of business and I still use the package--I need to keep the manuals. I suppose if nothing better comes up for you, tell me, and I'll photocopy the relevant pages and I can send them to you. Mike. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Michael Alan Dorman : : : MDORMAN1@UA1VM.UA.EDU : Hobbies are things people do when they should be : : BIX: syssupport : sleeping. --M.A.D. : : GEnie: M.DORMAN2 : : : PostalNet: : : : Box 8068 : Stonehenge was built by two drunks with no : : Tuscaloosa, AL : witnesses. --P.S.McGhee : : 35486 : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------