Re: Managing tokens instead of code

geoff@flash.bellcore.com (Geoffrey Clemm)
Wed, 11 Aug 1993 02:35:00 GMT

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From: geoff@flash.bellcore.com (Geoffrey Clemm)
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References: 93-08-039
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 02:35:00 GMT

tcubed@genesis.MCS.COM (James Hanlon) writes:
A colleague bounced an idea off me: code control and versioning
      would be conceptually simpler at the token level, as opposed to the
      traditional LOC level. Because tokens are text, too, the old
      control/versioning tools work just fine--one must merely compile to the
      token level, then stop.


Why would code control and versioning be conceptually simpler at the
token level ? As John mentioned, it might be useful for optimizing
incremental recompilation, but that does not involve any "conceptual
simplification".


Cheers,


Geoff
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[I suppose it might help if people are inclined to fiddle with
formatting and indentation. -John]
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