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Concrete Parse Tree to AST

I parse some language (let's say MS Excel formulas), and I got a concrete parse tree. Are there any specific algorithms to convert it to AST? Are any methods or technics around? Or it is better (faster? simplier?) to build AST directly? Any information is highly appreciated.
Thanks.

By arthur.amshukov at 2005-08-01 01:36 | LtU Forum | previous forum topic | next forum topic | other blogs | 7465 reads

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Directly to AST

Normally, you create an AST directly. The parse tree doesn't really exist as a data structure. It is just the execution trace of your parser.

By Kannan Goundan at Tue, 2005-08-02 00:59 | login or register to post comments