US Patent 10083017 Processing source file

There is provided a method for processing a source file to generate an object file, comprising: obtaining a header file referenced by the source file; in response to the source file calling a data symbol defined in the header file, creating an indicator of a definition the data symbol, wherein definitions of different data symbols correspond to different indicators; and adding the indicator into a compiling result of compiling the source file so as to generate the object file. With the present invention, a dependency between the source file and the header file can be recorded, and the number of source files needed to be re-compiled can be reduced on the basis of the dependency.