Compiler Construction

Chapter 9

Symbol Table

Symbol table organization is important for improving the efficiency of the compiler. It is important to understand the different forms of symbol table and how it effects the performance while retrieving the variable information

CHAPTER OUTLINE 

9.1  Introduction

9.2  Symbol Table Entries

9.3  Operations on the Symbol Table

9.4  Symbol Table Organization

9.5  Non-block Structured Language

9.6  Block Structured Language

Symbol table is an important data structure which stores the information of all the variables and procedures in the program. This table is created during first phase and is used by all the phases for inserting the information or retrieving the information. Organizing the elements in the symbol table shows ...