Issues in automatic software manufacturing in the presence of generators

Anthony Sloane; William Waite

doi:10.1109/ASWEC.1998.730920

Issues in automatic software manufacturing in the presence of generators

Anthony Sloane, William Waite

School of Computing

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Automated software manufacturing systems increase productivity by taking care of scheduling and executing manufacturing actions. Systems such as Make have been widely used. The introduction of generators into the software development process creates new challenges due to the increased complexity of the manufacturing process. When designing a system for manufacturing software using generators, two issues assume particular importance: change tracking and the division of knowledge between the user and the system.

Based on experience gained while building the Eli language processor construction system using the Odin manufacturing system, this paper illustrates the issues and describes how they can be resolved by extending the capabilities of the manufacturing system. Change tracking can be enhanced using dynamic checking of cached artifacts. An extended notion of artifact naming incorporating options eliminates problems due to subtle dependences. Reference artifacts and artifact lists increase the expressive power of the manufacturing model. Exception handling mechanisms enable sophisticated error reporting.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings 1998 Australian software enginering conference
Editors	Douglas D. Grant
Place of Publication	Los Alamitos, CA
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	134-143
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	0818691891
ISBN (Print)	0818691875
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ASWEC.1998.730920
Publication status	Published - 1998
Event	11th Australian Software Engineering Conference - Adelaide, Australia Duration: 9 Nov 1998 → 13 Nov 1998

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Conference	11th Australian Software Engineering Conference
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Adelaide
Period	9/11/98 → 13/11/98

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Sloane, A & Waite, W 1998, Issues in automatic software manufacturing in the presence of generators. in DD Grant (ed.), Proceedings 1998 Australian software enginering conference. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Los Alamitos, CA, pp. 134-143, 11th Australian Software Engineering Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 9/11/98. https://doi.org/10.1109/ASWEC.1998.730920

Issues in automatic software manufacturing in the presence of generators. / Sloane, Anthony; Waite, William.
Proceedings 1998 Australian software enginering conference. ed. / Douglas D. Grant. Los Alamitos, CA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1998. p. 134-143.

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