Creating and checking runtime data types

Details Creating and checking runtime data types Creating and checking runtime data types

2008-03-25

2008-03-25

Wood, William H. (Department: 2193)

Data processing: software development, installation, and managem

Software program development tool

Translation of code

C717S143000, C717S148000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07350198

ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for defining and using data types at runtime. A procedural source code program is compiled to generate a compiled program having instructions to create a runtime data type and to use the runtime data type. The runtime data type has a compound structure of referenced data types. Instructions to create a runtime data type having a compound structure are executed by creating a runtime data type definition from the compound structure of referenced data types by resolving the referenced data types bottom up into data types known at runtime. A data object having the runtime data type is created. Type checking is performed on uses of the data object at runtime according to the runtime data type.

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