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<h1>FrontEnd</h1>
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<p><a href="#">FrontEnd</a> is a translation pass from source to the <a href="AST">AST</a>
<a href="IntermediateLanguage">IntermediateLanguage</a>.</p>
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<h2 id="_description">Description</h2>
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<p>This pass performs lexing and parsing to produce an abstract syntax
tree.</p>
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<h2 id="_implementation">Implementation</h2>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/MLton/mlton/blob/master/mlton/front-end/front-end.sig"><code>front-end.sig</code></a></p>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/MLton/mlton/blob/master/mlton/front-end/front-end.fun"><code>front-end.fun</code></a></p>
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<h2 id="_details_and_notes">Details and Notes</h2>
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<p>The lexer is produced by <a href="MLLex">MLLex</a> from
<a href="https://github.com/MLton/mlton/blob/master/mlton/front-end/ml.lex"><code>ml.lex</code></a>.</p>
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<p>The parser is produced by <a href="MLYacc">MLYacc</a> from
<a href="https://github.com/MLton/mlton/blob/master/mlton/front-end/ml.grm"><code>ml.grm</code></a>.</p>
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<p>The specifications for the lexer and parser were originally taken from
<a href="SMLNJ">SML/NJ</a> (version 109.32), but have been heavily modified
since then.</p>
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Last updated Thu Oct 21 15:53:06 2021 -0400 by Matthew Fluet.
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