A framework to optimize compilation task
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Nowadays, compiler construction is supported by several tools,
many of them are based on frameworks, composed by several components
that can be combined or instantiated to build new components or even
entire compilers. This paper is a software engineering exercise applied to
the compiler construction tools. It is used a concrete framework for compilers
development - the Dolphin, that supplies several components that
work over a single code representation model, to show that the simple
composition of such components is not enough. It raises serious obstacles
that make the compilers construction more arduous.
The exercise evolves for a reformulation of the framework, resulting on an
independent architecture that could be adapted to similar frameworks.
Defining the behaviour and the relationship of several elements of the
framework, this architecture allows to surpass most of the obstacles, but
also releases the compilers developer from some duties, making the construction
of compilers more accessible. It also promotes the development
of compilers that are more stable and efficient that is, they can run faster
using fewer resources.
