Semantic analysis (compilers)

Semantic analysis or context sensitive analysis is a process in compiler construction, usually after parsing, to gather necessary semantic information from the source code.[1] It usually includes type checking, or makes sure a variable is declared before use which is impossible to describe in the extended Backus–Naur form and thus not easily detected during parsing.

For other uses, see Semantic analysis (disambiguation).

See also

References
  1. Reinhard Wilhelm; Helmut Seidl; Sebastian Hack (13 May 2013). Compiler Design: Syntactic and Semantic Analysis. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-3-642-17540-4.


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