---
id: 1502
title: "The life and times of an Abstract Syntax Tree"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2024/05/02/the-life-and-times-of-an-abstract-syntax-tree/"
published_at: "2024-05-02 13:00"
tags: ["ast", "cpp", "compilers", "software-engineering", "programming"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1502"
lang: en
---

# The life and times of an Abstract Syntax Tree

## Summary

A Trail of Bits engineer discusses AST design pragmatics for compiler authors: node structure, memory layout, and API trade-offs between naive, OOP, and index-based approaches.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2024-05-02 13:00
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2024/05/02/the-life-and-times-of-an-abstract-syntax-tree/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1502