JPH01292526A - Cooperative editing system for program - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform a cooperative editing job at a high speed by providing a reference frequency table showing the reference degrees of libraries for the past cooperative editing jobs of the same user and retrieving the libraries based on said table in the order of higher reference frequencies when the reference is given to the libraries. CONSTITUTION:When a system is produced in an initial state, the plural general object library names defined by a system controller are registered into a register table 45A for object library names. Each user can optionally add the library names to the table 45A and also change these names. In this case, the corresponding reference frequencies 45B are all set at '0' as the initial values. When a cooperative editing program 2 is started, the reference is given to the object libraries in the order of registration of the table 45A and the reference frequency is counted by by '1'. When the due processing is through, the libraries of the table 45A are totally rearranged in the order of reference frequencies. Hereafter the desired object libraries are retrieved in the order of higher reference frequencies.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] This invention relates to a method for linked editing of programs in electronic computers.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional program link editing system in which a compiler creates an executable executive program from a source program while referring to an object library and the like.

In the figure, 1 is a source program created using an editor, 2 is a linked editing program that compiles and links the source program, 3 is an executive program as a result of linked editing, 4 is an object library 41, a macro definition library 42, a library storage memory that stores program libraries such as an include file library 43;

Next, the operation will be explained.

When compiling or linking the source program 1, the linked editing program 2 edits each macro definition library 42 and include file in the library storage memory 4 based on the macro definition statements and include definition statements that appear in the source program 1. The library 43 is searched, a target symbol is found, and compilation is performed.

Furthermore, the object library 41 is searched, a target object module is found, and an executable executive program 3 is created by searching. At this time, the search for the target object module or symbol is performed uniquely in the system or according to the order defined by the user for each user.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional linked editing method for programs was performed as described above, so the linked editing program searched the object library in vain to find the desired object module or symbol, resulting in a large number of disk accesses. There was a problem that the processing time was slow.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a program link editing method that can be processed more probabilistically and faster than conventional methods.

[Means to solve the problem]

The program linked editing method according to the present invention is provided with a reference number table 45 that indicates the degree of reference to the library during past linked editing by the same user, and when referring to the library, the reference number table 45 is used to refer to the reference number table 45. The feature is that the search is performed in order from the libraries that have been searched the most times.

[Effect]

The reference count table 45 in this invention shows the reference degree of the library by the same user.

This reference count table 45 is updated each time the same user performs linked editing of a program.

And when the same user performs linked editing of programs, -
The above-mentioned reference number table is referred to, and the search is performed in descending order of the number of references in the past.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that the same configurations and components as those in the prior art are given the same numbers and their explanations will be omitted.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and in the figure, reference numeral 45 is a reference count table showing the degree of library reference during past linked editing by the same user.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing specific contents of the reference count table 45. In the figure, 45A is the object library registration table, and 45B is the reference count by the user corresponding to each object library name.

Next, the operation will be explained.

First, in the initial state, when the system is generated, a plurality of unique object library names defined by the system administrator are registered in object library name registration table 4.5A, and each user can freely edit this registration table. addition,
shall be subject to change.

At this time, the reference counts 45B corresponding to each object library are all set to O as an initial value.

When the linked editing program 2 is started here, the reference counts are all 0, so the linked editing program 2 refers to the object library in the order registered in the registration table. At this time, the number of references in the table is counted by 1 for the object library in which the object module or symbol is found. Furthermore, at the end of processing, the linked editing program sorts (sorts) the entire back side in order of the number of references.

Then, the target object libraries are searched in descending order of the number of references.

In this case, the reference count may be reset by a special program.

Generally, multiple object libraries are prepared in a system for each language and application package used by users, but the object libraries used by - users are only a small part of them, and - users are the same. Since there is a strong tendency to repeatedly edit programs with different types and attributes, by learning each user's work content using the above method and reflecting it in the next work, unnecessary references to object libraries can be avoided. It becomes possible to quickly search for a desired object module or symbol.

Although this embodiment shows an example in which the reference count table 45 is provided for the object library 41, a reference count table may be provided for each macro definition library 42 and include file library 43.

Further, the present invention may be applied to a program library at the time of initial startup in the TSS method.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, a reference count table is provided that indicates the reference degree of the library during past linked editing by the same user, and when the library is referenced, the reference count in the past is calculated based on the reference count chill pull. Since the library is searched one by one from the largest number of libraries, a linked editing method capable of high-speed processing can be obtained.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the contents of a reference count table in the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional linked editing system. l... Source program, 2... Compiler (linked editing program), 3... Executive program, 4... Library storage memory, 45... Reference count table, 45A... Registration table, 45B. ...Valid number of references. In addition, in the figures, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding components. Agent: Masuo Oiwa (2 idiots) Procedural amendment (voluntary) May 26, 1999 2. Name of invention program linked editing method 3. Person making the amendment Representative Moriya Shiki 5. Invention subject to amendment Detailed description, brief description of the drawing, drawing column. a Contents of the amendment (1) In the 19th line of page 1 of the specification, the phrase "Figure 3 is created by the compiler" is amended to read "Figure 3 is created by the linked editing program." (2) In the same book, page 1, line 20, page 8, line 1, "source program" is corrected to "object module." (3) The words ``Executive Program'' on page 2, lines 1, 6 and 7, page 3, line 1, and page 8, lines 2 and 3 of the same book. Correct it to "load module". (4) In the 3rd to 5th lines of page 2 of the same book, the phrase ``Using an editor... linked editing program'' was replaced with ``
2 is an object module translated by a compiler, and 2 is a linked editing program.'' (5) On page 2 of the same book, lines 12 to 19, the phrase ``source program 1...and object library 41'' is replaced with ``when linking object module 1 translated by the compiler.'' , object library 41.'' (6) In the fifth line of page 7 of the same book, the phrase ``A number table may be provided.'' has been corrected to ``A number table may be provided and applied when translating a source program by a compiler.'' (7) In the same book, page 7, line 6, "initial startup in the rTss method" is corrected to "program startup in the rTss method." (8) Page 8 of the same book, lines 1 and 2, “Compiler (
``Continuous editing program),'' should be corrected to ``Continuous editing program,''. (8) The drawings, Figures 1 and 3 shall be amended as shown in the attached sheet. that's all

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a program link editing method in which a program is linked-edited while referring to a program library, a reference count table is provided that indicates the degree of reference to the library during past link-editing by the same user, and the library is referenced. When performing a linked editing method for a program, the program is searched in order from the libraries that have been referenced the most in the past based on the reference number table.