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CA 2082065
Information about the effects of calling each entry point in a program and information about external calls made by the program are recorded in an image information file. In addition to the addresses of the entry points and call destinations, the information may include any callback parameters and register usage associated with the entry points, and any definite values passed by the calls. When translating two separate but mutual- ly dependent programs that are not easily merged for simul- taneous translation, the image information files for the respec- tive programs permit the programs to be alternately translated with rapid convergence by an iterative method of checked as- sumptions and re-translation. By matching the addresses of the entry points of a first program with the addresses of the exter- nal calls for a second program, and by matching the addresses of the external calls in the first program with the addresses of the program entry points in the second program, the relevant externall calls and entry points in the image information file for the second program are identified. One program should be retranslated when a preceding retranslation of the other pro- gram changes the information for the matching calls and entry points in such a way that changed information might enable additional instructions to be discovered in the program under consideration for translation.
Digital Equipment Corporation
Smart & Biggar
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