ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING SOURCE CODE INTO MACHINE CODE

• US 20150317134A1
• Filed: 04/30/2015
• Published: 11/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Bo-Gon, Park, Jae-Min, Cho, Jung-Min, Choe, Seung-Yeon
• Application Number:
  US14/701,038
• Publication Number:
  US 20150317134A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/40 Transformation of program code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/447 Target code generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/47 Retargetable compilers

Abstract

An operation method of an electronic device is provided, which includes determining whether a target dependent area exists in a source code, and converting the target dependent area into a target independent Intermediate Representation (IR) when it is determined that the target dependent area exists in the source code.

Claims

1. An operating method of an electronic device, the operating method comprising:

determining whether a target dependent area exists in a source code; and

when it is determined that the target dependent area exists in the source code, converting the target dependent area into a target independent Intermediate Representation (IR).

2. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising:

when it is determined that a target independent area exists in the source code, converting the target independent area in the source code into an IR.

3. The operating method of claim 2, further comprising:

combining at least one IR obtained through the conversions; and

generating a portable IR using the combined at least one IR.

4. An operating method of an electronic device, the operating method comprising:

converting a portable Intermediate Representation (IR) that is independent from a target into a target IR that is dependent upon the target; and

converting the target IR into a machine code.

5. The operating method of claim 4, further comprising determining whether to execute the conversion to the target IR, wherein determining whether to execute the conversion to the target IR comprises:

determining whether a non-targeted IR area exists in the portable IR; and

when it is determined that the non-targeted IR area exists in the portable IR, converting the non-targeted IR area of the portable IR into the target IR.

6. The operating method of claim 5, wherein converting the non-targeted IR area into the target IR comprises converting the non-targeted IR area into the target IR using target information.

7. The operating method of claim 4, wherein the portable IR includes a target independent IR or a target dependent IR.

8. An electronic device comprising:

a portable determining unit configured to determine whether a target dependent area exists in a source code; and

a non-targeted Intermediate Representation (IR) converter configured to convert the target dependent area into a target independent IR when it is determined that the target dependent area exists in the source code.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, further comprising:

an IR converter configured to convert a target independent area of the source code into an IR when it is determined that the target independent area exists in the source code.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, further comprising:

a portable IR generating unit configured to combine at least one IR obtained through the conversions and to generate a portable IR using the combined at least one IR.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a second converter configured to convert a portable Intermediate Representation (IR) that is independent from a target into a target IR that is dependent upon the target; and

a third converter configured to convert the target IR into a machine code.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the second converter is further configured to determine whether a non-targeted IR area exists in the portable IR, and converts the non-targeted IR area of the portable IR into the target IR when it is determined that the non-targeted IR area exists in the portable IR.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the second converter is further configured to use target information.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the portable IR includes a target independent IR or a target dependent IR.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the target IR is a target dependent IR.

16. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium that stores a program for implementing operations in an electronic device, the operations comprising:

determining whether a target dependent area exists in a source code; and

when it is determined that the target dependent area exists in the source code, converting the target dependent area into a target independent Intermediate Representation (IR).

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores a program for implementing operations in an electronic device, the operations comprising:

converting a portable Intermediate Representation (IR) that is independent from a target into a target IR that is dependent upon the target; and

converting the target IR into a machine code.