Using Toolpack Software Tools: Proceedings of the Ispra-Course held at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, 17-21 November 1986

by A.A. Pollicini (Editor)

Overview

I am very pleased to write these few brief paragraphs introducing this book, and would like to take this opportunity to attempt to set the Toolpack project in an appropriate historical context. The Toolpack project must be considered to have actually began in the Fall of 1978, when Prof. Webb C. Miller, at a meeting at Jet Propulsion Laboratories in Pasadena, California, suggested that there be a large-scale project, called Toolpack, aimed at pulling together a comprehensive collection of mathematical software development tools. It was suggested that the project follow the pattern of other "Pack" projects, such as Eispack, Linpack, and Funpack which had assembled and systematized comprehensive collections of mathematical software in such areas as eigenvalue computation, linear equation solution and special function approximation. From the that the Toolpack project would differ significantly from beginning it was recognized these earlier "Pack" projects in that it was attempting to assemble and systematize software in an area which was not well established and understood. Thus it was not clear how to organize and integrate the tools we were to collect into Toolpack. As a consequence Toolpack became simultaneously a research project and a development project. The research was aimed at determining effective strategies for large-scale integration of large-scale software tools, and the development project was aimed at implementing these strategies and using them to put high quality tools at the disposal of working mathematical software writers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789401068833
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	09/28/2011
Series:	Ispra Courses
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

The Toolpack Project.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Toolpack/1 Services.- 4. Examples of the Use of Toolpack/1 Tools.- 5. Conclusions.- Structure of Toolpack /1 Software.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Design Overview.- 3. Conclusions.- TIE Specifications.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Overview.- 3. Evolution.- 4. Specification.- 5. Optional Extensions.- 6. Implementations.- Toolpack Invocation Techniques.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Toolpack User Interfaces.- The Toolpack / 1 Tool Suite.- 1. Command Executors.- 2. General Tools.- 3. Documentation Generation Tools.- 4. Fortran 77 Oriented Tools.- 5. Monoliths.- 6. DO Loop Unrolling Tools.- 7. Experimental Tools.- Analysis Tools for Fortran 77.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Lexical Analysis.- 3. Syntax Analysis and Transformational Grammars.- 4. Static Semantic Analysis.- 5. Approach to Portability Verification.- 6. Conclusions.- Workshop on Fortran Analysis.- 1. Introduction.- 2. ISTVS — View Symbols.- 3. ISTYW — View Warnings.- 4. ISTVA — View Attributes.- 4.1. The Extended Symbol Table.- 4.2. The Global Symbol Table.- 5. ISTAN — The Execution Analysis Tool.- The Fortran 77 Source Polisher.- 1. A Dissertation on Presentation Rules.- 2. Approaches to Tidying Source Programs.- 3. Structure of the Polishing Mechanism.- 4. ISTPL User’s Interface.- 5. ISTPO User’s Interface.- 6. When, How and Why to Change Polishing Options?.- 7. Conclusions.- Fortran 77 Transformers.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Declaration Standardiser.- 3. The Precision Transformer.- 4. The Structurer.- Workshop on Fortran Transformations.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Internal Operation of ISTST.- 3. ISTGI — Make Intrinsics Generic.- 4. ISTFR — Real Constant Modifier.- 5. ISTJS — Join Strings in Formats.- 6. ISTME — Manipulate Expressions.- 7. ISTPP — Program Parameter Verifier.-DO Loop Transforming Tools.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Transformations and Their Effect.- 3. Tool Integration in Toolpack/1.- 4. Parse Tree Walking and Flattening.- 5. ISTUD — The DO Loop Unrolling Tool.- 6. ISTCD — The DO Sequence Condensing Tool.- 7. ISTSB — The Substitution/Elimination Tool.- 8. Operation of the Tools.- The Toolpack/1 Editor and Other Fortran Modifiers.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Toolpack Editing.- 3. ISTED — Fortran Aware Editor.- 4. ISTCN & ISTCR — Tools for Name Changing.- Documentation and Non-Fortran Tools.- 1. Introduction.- 2. ISTRF.- 3. ISTCB.- 4. ISTTD.- 5. ISTVC.- 6. ISTDX.- 7. ISTAL.- 8. ISTDC.- 9. Conclusion.- Supporting Coding Conventions.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Coding Conventions: Elements and Implementation.- 3. ISTDS Selected Options.- 4. The Preliminary ISTPO Session.- 5. The Transformation Chain.- 6. Sample Program.- General Advice on Installing Toolpack/1.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Which version of TIE?.- 3. The Toolpack/1 Base Tape.- 4. Installing TIECODE.- 5. Installing Stand-Alone TIECODE.- 6. Supplementary Libraries.- 7. Installing Tools.- 8. Conclusions.- Tool Writing.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Source Language for Toolpack/1 Tools.- 3. The Tool Interface to the Toolpack/1 System.- 4. Characters and Strings.- 5. Tokens, Nodes, and Symbol Attributes.- 6. Documentation for the Tool Writer.- 7. Contributing Tools to Toolpack/1.- Open Forum.- Panel and General Discussion.- The Future of Toolpack/1.- 1. Functionality.- 2. NAG Internal Use.- 3. Language Domain.- 4. User Interface.- 5. Portability.- Appendix A Toolpack /1 Contents Summary.- Numerical Algorithms Group.- Appendix B Porting Toolpack /1 to IBM MVS/TSO.- M D Dowell, P A Moinil, A A Pollicni.- 1. The Study Background.- 2. The Interface Model.- 2.1. The Mailbox Model.- 2.2.The Front-end Model.- 3. The Interface Software.- 3.1. The Engine TSOBOX.- 3.2. The Surrounding Structure.- 4. The Front-end Documentation.- 4.1. Customization and Target Characterization.- 4.2. Disclaimer.- 4.3. Tape Format.- 4.4. Tape Contents.- Bibliographic References.