Re: Backward semantic analysis of Oracle SQL

bonzini@gnu.org (\"Carlo, Paolo & Germana\")
13 Aug 2000 19:19:22 -0400

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From: bonzini@gnu.org (\"Carlo, Paolo & Germana\")
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 13 Aug 2000 19:19:22 -0400
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Keywords: analysis, question

> Back to my question. Why does Oracle check existence (and possibly user
> permission) of objects referred to by identifiers in a backward order?


There might be more exotic reasons, but I suspect it is only because
ASTs often use lists, and when you're adding to a list it is easier to
`add to the front' than to `add to the tail'.


Paolo

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