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Top-down Parsing lecture slides from C OMP 412 Rice University Houston, Texas, Fall 2001

Top-down Parsing lecture slides from C OMP 412 Rice University Houston, Texas, Fall 2001. Parsing Techniques. Top-down parsers (LL(1), recursive descent) Start at the root of the parse tree and grow toward leaves Pick a production & try to match the input

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Top-down Parsing lecture slides from C OMP 412 Rice University Houston, Texas, Fall 2001

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  1. Top-down Parsing lecture slides from COMP 412 Rice University Houston, Texas, Fall 2001

  2. Parsing Techniques Top-down parsers (LL(1), recursive descent) Start at the root of the parse tree and grow toward leaves Pick a production & try to match the input Bad “pick”  may need to backtrack Some grammars are backtrack-free (predictive parsing) Bottom-up parsers (LR(1), operator precedence) Start at the leaves and grow toward root As input is consumed, encode possibilities in an internal state Start in a state valid for legal first tokens Bottom-up parsers handle a large class of grammars COMP 412, FALL 2001

  3. A top-down parser starts with the root of the parse tree The root node is labeled with the goal symbol of the grammar Top-down parsing algorithm: Construct the root node of the parse tree Repeat until the fringe of the parse tree matches the input string At a node labeled A, select a production with A on its lhs and, for each symbol on its rhs, construct the appropriate child When a terminal symbol is added to the fringe and it doesn’t match the fringe, backtrack Find the next node to be expanded(label  NT) The key is picking the right production in step 1 That choice should be guided by the input string Top-down Parsing COMP 412, FALL 2001

  4. Remember the expression grammar? Version with precedence derived last lecture And the input x – 2 * y COMP 412, FALL 2001

  5. Let’s try x – 2 * y : Example Goal Expr Expr + Term Term Fact. <id,x> COMP 412, FALL 2001

  6. Let’s try x – 2 * y : This worked well, except that “–” doesn’t match “+” The parser must backtrack to here Example Goal Expr Expr + Term Term Fact. <id,x> COMP 412, FALL 2001

  7. Example Continuing with x – 2 * y : Goal Expr Expr – Term Term Fact. <id,x> COMP 412, FALL 2001

  8. Example Continuing with x – 2 * y : Goal Expr Expr – Term Term Fact. <id,x> This time, “–” and “–” matched We can advance past “–” to look at “2” • Now, we need to expand Term - the last NT on the fringe COMP 412, FALL 2001

  9. Example Trying to match the “2” in x – 2 * y : Goal Expr Expr – Term Term Fact. <num,2> Fact. <id,x> COMP 412, FALL 2001

  10. Example Trying to match the “2” in x – 2 * y : Where are we? “2” matches “2” We have more input, but no NTs left to expand The expansion terminated too soon Need to backtrack Goal Expr Expr - Term Term Fact. <num,2> Fact. <id,x> COMP 412, FALL 2001

  11. Example Trying again with “2” in x – 2 * y : This time, we matched & consumed all the input Success! Goal Expr Expr – Term Term Term * Fact. <id,y> Fact. Fact. <id,x> <num,2> COMP 412, FALL 2001

  12. Other choices for expansion are possible This doesn’t terminate (obviously) Wrong choice of expansion leads to non-termination Non-termination is a bad property for a parser to have Parser must make the right choice Another possible parse consuming no input ! COMP 412, FALL 2001

  13. Left Recursion Top-down parsers cannot handle left-recursive grammars Formally, A grammar is left recursive if  A  NT such that  a derivation A +A, for some string   (NT  T )+ Our expression grammar is left recursive This can lead to non-termination in a top-down parser For a top-down parser, any recursion must be right recursion We would like to convert the left recursion to right recursion Non-termination is a bad property in any part of a compiler COMP 412, FALL 2001

  14. Eliminating Left Recursion To remove left recursion, we can transform the grammar Consider a grammar fragment of the form Fee Fee |  where neither  nor  start with Fee We can rewrite this as Fee  Fie Fie Fie | where Fie is a new non-terminal This accepts the same language, but uses only right recursion COMP 412, FALL 2001

  15. Eliminating Left Recursion The expression grammar contains two cases of left recursion Applying the transformation yields These fragments use only right recursion They retains the original left associativity COMP 412, FALL 2001

  16. Eliminating Left Recursion Substituting back into the grammar yields • This grammar is correct, • if somewhat non-intuitive. • It is left associative, as was • the original • A top-down parser will • terminate using it. • A top-down parser may • need to backtrack with it. COMP 412, FALL 2001

  17. Top-down recursive descent parsing lecture slides from COMP 412 Rice University Houston, Texas, Fall 2001 COMP 412, FALL 2001

  18. Picking the “Right” Production If it picks the wrong production, a top-down parser may backtrack Alternative is to look ahead in input & use context to pick correctly How much lookahead is needed? In general, an arbitrarily large amount Use the Cocke-Younger, Kasami algorithm or Earley’s algorithm Fortunately, Large subclasses of CFGs can be parsed with limited lookahead Most programming language constructs fall in those subclasses Among the interesting subclasses are LL(1) and LR(1) grammars COMP 412, FALL 2001

  19. Predictive Parsing Basic idea Given A    , the parser should be able to choose between & FIRST sets For some rhsG, define FIRST() as the set of tokens that appear as the first symbol in some string that derives from  That is, x FIRST() iff*x, for some  The LL(1) Property If A   and A  both appear in the grammar, we would like FIRST()  FIRST() =  This would allow the parser to make a correct choice with a lookahead of exactly one symbol ! (Pursuing this idea leads to LL(1) parser generators...) COMP 412, FALL 2001

  20. Predictive Parsing Given a grammar that has the LL(1) property Can write a simple routine to recognize each lhs Code is both simple & fast Consider A  1 | 2 | 3, with FIRST(1)  FIRST(2)  FIRST(3) =  Grammars with the LL(1) property are called predictive grammars because the parser can “predict” the correct expansion at each point in the parse. Parsers that capitalize on the LL(1) property are called predictive parsers. One kind of predictive parser is the recursive descent parser. /* find an A */ if (current_word  FIRST(1)) find a 1 and return true else if (current_word  FIRST(2)) find a 2 and return true else if (current_word  FIRST(3)) find a 3 and return true else report an error and return false Of course, there is more detail to “find a i”(§ 3.3.4 in EAC) COMP 412, FALL 2001

  21. Left Factoring What if my grammar does not have the LL(1) property? Sometimes, we can transform the grammar The Algorithm  A NT, find the longest prefix that occurs in two or more right-hand sides of A if ≠ then replace all of the A productions, A 1 | 2 | … | n |  , with A   Z |  Z  1 | 2 | … | n where Z is a new element of NT Repeat until no common prefixes remain COMP 412, FALL 2001

  22. Left Factoring (An example) Consider the following fragment of the expression grammar After left factoring, it becomes This form has the same syntax, with the LL(1) property FIRST(rhs1) = { Identifier } FIRST(rhs2) = { Identifier } FIRST(rhs3) = { Identifier } FIRST(rhs1) = { Identifier } FIRST(rhs2) = { [ } FIRST(rhs3) = { ( } FIRST(rhs4) = FOLLOW(Factor)  It has the LL(1) property COMP 412, FALL 2001

  23. A graphical explanation for the same idea becomes … Left Factoring 1 A 2 3 1 Z A 2 3 A 1 | 2 | 3 A   Z Z  1 | 2 | n COMP 412, FALL 2001

  24. Question By eliminating left recursion and left factoring, can we transform an arbitrary CFG to a form where it meets the LL(1) condition? (and can be parsed predictively with a single token lookahead?) Answer Given a CFG that doesn’t meet the LL(1) condition, it is undecidable whether or not an equivalent LL(1)grammar exists. Example {an 0 bn | n  1}  {an 1 b2n| n  1} has no LL(1) grammar Left Factoring (Generality) COMP 412, FALL 2001

  25. Language that Cannot Be LL(1) Example {an 0 bn | n  1}  {an 1 b2n| n  1} has no LL(1) grammar G aAb | aBbb A  aAb | 0 B  aBbb | 1 Problem: need an unbounded number of a characters before you can determine whether you are in the A group or the B group. COMP 412, FALL 2001

  26. Recursive Descent Parsing Recall the expression grammar, after transformation • This produces a parser with six mutually recursive routines: • Goal • Expr • EPrime • Term • TPrime • Factor • Each recognizes one NT • The term descent refers to the direction in which the parse tree is traversed (or built). COMP 412, FALL 2001

  27. Recursive Descent Parsing (Procedural) A couple of routines from the expression parser Goal( ) token  next_token( ); if (Expr( ) = true) then next compilation step; else return false; Expr( ) result  true; if (Term( ) = false) then result  false; else if (EPrime( ) = false) then result  true; // term found return result; Factor( ) result  true; if (token = Number) then token  next_token( ); else if (token = identifier) then token  next_token( ); else report syntax error; result  false; return result; EPrime, Term, & TPrime follow along the same basic lines (Figure 3.4, EAC) COMP 412, FALL 2001

  28. x-2*y Goal Expr Eprime Term Eprime – Term Fact. Tprime Eprime <id,x> Term *  Fact. Tprime  <num,2>  Fact. Tprime <id,y>  COMP 412, FALL 2001

  29. Recursive Descent Parsing To build a parse tree: Augment parsing routines to build nodes Pass nodes between routines using a stack Node for each symbol on rhs Action is to pop rhs nodes, make them children of lhs node, and push this subtree To build an abstract syntax tree Build fewer nodes Put them together in a different order Expr( ) result  true; if (Term( ) = false) then result  false; else if (EPrime( ) = false) then result  true; else build an Expr node pop EPrime node pop Term node make EPrime & Term children of Expr push Expr node return result; This is a preview of Chapter 4 COMP 412, FALL 2001

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