Category : C Source Code
Archive   : INFERENG.ZIP
Filename : RULECOMP.STR

/*
Pseudo code for the rule compiler :

compile_rules(rule_file,output_compile_file)
{
OPEN rule_file ;
WHILE ( EOF in rule_file NOT reached )
{
locate keyword
IF ( keyword not located on line and line not blank )
{
OUTPUT error message to user telling of problem
}
place flag associated with keyword into rule section
IF (following string is in string section)
{
place the address of the string into the rule section
}
ELSE
{
place the string into the string section (0 delimit)
place the address of the string into the rule section
}
IF ( the keyword is a THEN or THENHYP )
{
place and additional IF flag and a zeroed
pointer in the rule section
place address of hypothesis or then clause into
hypstack section
}
}
IF (last keyword not of a "HYP" type )
{
OUTPUT warning to user about this being a problem
}
place two successive IF flags - zeroed pointer into the rule section
to mark the end of the rules section.
CLOSE rule_file
OPEN compile_output_file
OUTPUT number of bytes in rule section to compile_output_file
COPY rule section to compile_output_file
OUTPUT number of bytes in string section to compile_output_file
COPY string section to compile_output_file
CLOSE compile_output_file
}
*/