Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070234286
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Prior Art Detail
Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | The publication relates to Microsoft's standard source code annotation language (SAL). |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Online Publication |
| URL | http://web.archive.org/web/2006... |
| Author/Creator | Microsoft |
| Title | SAL Annotations |
| Publication Date | April 20, 2006 |
| Publisher | Microsoft |
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Excerpt
Excerpt "If you examine the library header files, you will notice some unusual annotations such as __in_z and __out_ecount_part. These are examples of Microsoft's standard source code annotation language (SAL), which provides a set of annotations to describe how a function uses its parameters—the assumptions it makes about them, and the guarantees it makes upon finishing. The header file <sal.h> defines the annotations.
Annotations may be placed before either a function parameter's type or its return type, and describe the function's behavior regarding the parameter or return value. There are two classes of annotations: buffer annotations and advanced annotations. Buffer annotations describe how functions use their pointer parameters, and advanced annotations either describe complex/unusual buffer behavior, or provide additional information about a parameter that is not otherwise expressible." |
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Claims
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A method comprising:
locating a parameter of a function, the parameter to be passed as a pointer if a size of the parameter is greater than a threshold and to be passed as data if the size of the parameter is not greater than the threshold; and
adding an annotation record for the parameter to a byte code image file containing byte code for the function.
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The reference relates to Microsoft's standard source code annotation language (SAL). SAL provides a set of annotations to describe how a function uses its parameters. SAL may be used to annotate parameters or return types of functions. For example, SAL may be used to define how functions use their pointer parameters.
The reference relates to Microsoft's standard source code annotation language (SAL). SAL provides a set of annotations to describe how a function uses its parameters. SAL may be used to annotate parameters or return types of functions. For example, SAL may be used to define how functions use their pointer parameters.
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A method as defined in Claim 1, wherein the parameter is passed to the function when the function is called.
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The following text describes the use of SAL to annotate parameters or return types of functions - "Annotations may be placed before either a function parameter's type or its return type, and describe the function's behavior regarding the parameter or return value."
The following text describes the use of SAL to annotate parameters or return types of functions - "Annotations may be placed before either a function parameter's type or its return type, and describe the function's behavior regarding the parameter or return value."
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A method as defined in Claim 1, wherein the parameter is returned from the function when the function exits.
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The following text describes the use of SAL to annotate parameters or return types of functions - "Annotations may be placed before either a function parameter's type or its return type, and describe the function's behavior regarding the parameter or return value."
The following text describes the use of SAL to annotate parameters or return types of functions - "Annotations may be placed before either a function parameter's type or its return type, and describe the function's behavior regarding the parameter or return value."
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