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Alexander Kogtenkov https://dev.eiffel.com/index.php?title=Adding_a_language_construct&diff=15540&oldid=prev 2017-09-12T06:22:43Z

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Alexander Kogtenkov https://dev.eiffel.com/index.php?title=Adding_a_language_construct&diff=15539&oldid=prev 2017-09-12T06:21:51Z

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Alexander Kogtenkov https://dev.eiffel.com/index.php?title=Adding_a_language_construct&diff=12301&oldid=prev 2009-03-10T16:20:16Z

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Manus https://dev.eiffel.com/index.php?title=Adding_a_language_construct&diff=12179&oldid=prev 2009-03-06T15:09:04Z

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Bmeyer https://dev.eiffel.com/index.php?title=Adding_a_language_construct&diff=12178&oldid=prev 2009-03-06T13:07:39Z

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Alexander Kogtenkov https://dev.eiffel.com/index.php?title=Adding_a_language_construct&diff=12177&oldid=prev 2009-03-06T10:39:21Z

<p>New page: Checklist for adding a language construct to EiffelStudio (order not particularly significant). * Announce the change so that others know what&#039;s happening! * Check ISO/ECMA standard, wor...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Checklist for adding a language construct to EiffelStudio (order not particularly significant).<br /> <br /> * Announce the change so that others know what's happening!<br /> * Check ISO/ECMA standard, work of ECMA committee<br /> * If this is an experimental change, make sure there is a clear rationale available for consultation. <br /> * Lexical changes<br /> * Syntax changes: parser<br /> * New validity rules and their four-letter codes, or modifications (including additions) to existing validity rules<br /> * Type checking<br /> * Changes to AST structure (Abstract Syntax Tree)<br /> * Code generation<br /> * Runtime support<br /> * Editor support<br /> * Automatic completion (also in editor)<br /> * New icons (or modified existing icons) associated with the new construct<br /> * Debugger<br /> * Metrics tool<br /> * Testing Framework<br /> * EiffelStudio views: what survives of the new construct in the Contract View and others?<br /> * Effect on external code; in particular, how will the new construct appear to the via external features, CECIL, .NET, external features?<br /> * Documentation update, in particular<br /> * Examples of use, covering both basic and advanced usage, and integrated into the regression test suite for the compiler (EiffelWeasel)<br /> * Diagram tool (including: what are the BON and UML notations for the new construct)?<br /> <br /> Original version from material by Alexander Kogtenkov and Bertrand Meyer</div>

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