> > I know it. But my stupid question is why it's still called abstract while > it is implemented for concrete language? >
I finally got around to running an image and extracting a screen print. Hopefully, it will attach and be visible to you. The classes of objects in the inspector show the abstract syntax: a method node comprised of a sequence node, etc. Each abstract syntax node is bound with the actual source code that it represents. Abstract is not about the language something is implemented in, but rather the syntactic structure of the code. On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 12:13 PM, Denis Kudriashov <dionisi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2018-05-04 21:10 GMT+03:00 Richard Sargent <richard.sargent@ > gemtalksystems.com>: > >> On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 1:04 PM, Denis Kudriashov <dionisi...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> 2018-05-04 19:45 GMT+03:00 Sean P. DeNigris <s...@clipperadams.com>: >>> >>>> Ramon Leon-5 wrote >>>> > And my point made; I don't even know what that means. >>>> >>>> Ha ha, I googled it and even after seeing the definition still didn't >>>> understand - we must be getting old ;-) >>>> >>>> Regarding the use of acronyms - while I agree with you as a general >>>> principle, I wonder about this case. Since the argument IIUC is that "a >>>> general user won't know the domain well enough to understand the >>>> acronym", >>>> would they understand "abstractSyntaxTree"?! >>> >>> >>> Now I am wonder: is it really correct to call syntax tree as abstract >>> when it is really implemented? >>> AST is very known term but now when I read it word by word I have such >>> questions :). >>> >> >> In computer science, an *abstract syntax tree* (AST), or just *syntax >> tree*, is a *tree* representation of the *abstract syntactic *structure >> of source code written in a programming language. >> [Wikipedia] >> > > I know it. But my stupid question is why it's still called abstract while > it is implemented for concrete language? > > >> >> >>> >>> >>>> That, to me, is as opaque as >>>> the acronym for one not acquainted with the domain, and may buy us >>>> little at >>>> the cost of a good amount of extra typing. Maybe keep the acronym and >>>> add a >>>> good method comment… >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- >>>> Cheers, >>>> Sean >>>> -- >>>> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
