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From: news@m2xenix.psg.com (Randy Bush)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re: COMPILING DEFINITION MODULES
Message-ID: <1991Apr6.194653.21784@m2xenix.psg.com>
Date: 6 Apr 91 19:46:53 GMT
References: <1991Apr4.192514.1742@bradley.bradley.edu>
Organization: Pacific Systems Group, Portland Oregon US
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> 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?

These are highly implementation dependent, and vary greatly depending on the
style of your compiler.

But, for Modula-2, there is the obvious lit ref:

J. Gutknecht
"Compilation Data Structures: An New Approach to Efficient Modula-2 Symbol
   Files"
ETHZ/IFI yellow book #64 (also contains N. Wirth: "A Fast and Compact Compiler
  for Modula-2")

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