US Patent:
20100218173, Aug 26, 2010
Inventors:
Avner Aharoni - Seattle WA, US
Timothy Yat Tim Ng - Bellevue WA, US
David N. Schach - Redmond WA, US
Lisa Feigenbaum - Bellevue WA, US
Sophia Salim - Bothell WA, US
Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer - Mercer Island WA, US
Jonathan Paul Aneja - Kirkland WA, US
Joseph Tyler Whitney - Kirkland WA, US
Assignee:
MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA
International Classification:
G06F 9/45
Abstract:
Modified compilers and other development tools provide implied line continuation within a sequence of syntax tokens of a programming language grammar which includes multiple semantic contexts and which uses line termination as presumptive statement termination. When source code parsing encounters a line terminator adjacent a context-dependent implicit line continuation token in an associated semantic context, an explicit decision is made whether to imply line continuation. Line continuation may also be implied in response to other specified tokens.