Patent ID: 6023582
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A function chaining method for a programming language executable on a computer, comprising the steps of:(a) defining a chain having a symbolic entry point; and(b) attaching at least one section of program code to said chain;(c) wherein said computer executes said section of program code when said chain is called in said programming language and wherein said section of program code comprises a code fragment and said code fragment is attached at any point in a source code to said chain according to the language constructsegchain<chainname>{<statements>}where segchain is a representative symbolic name chosen arbitrarily to represent a code fragment attachment command, where <chainname> is a symbolic name representation of the chain, and where <statements> is replaced by an actual code fragment to be attached, and wherein a code fragment replacing <statements> will be executed when the chain <chainname> is called.