Many compiler optimizations and software engineering tools need precise pointer analyses to be effective. Unfortunately, many Java features, such as dynamic class loading, refle...
Predicated execution enables the removal of branches wherein segments of branching code are converted into straight-line segments of conditional operations. An important, but gene...
Mikhail Smelyanskiy, Scott A. Mahlke, Edward S. Da...
Software maintenance, program analysis and transformation tools almost always rely on static source code analysis as the first and fundamental step to gather information. In the ...
Giuliano Antoniol, Massimiliano Di Penta, Gianluca...
Abstract. Aspects have emerged as a powerful tool in the design and development of systems, allowing for the encapsulation of program transformations. The dynamic semantics of aspe...
This paper deals with the problem of statically inferring the shape of an array in languages such as MATLAB. Inferring an array’s shape is desirable because it empowers better co...
Pramod G. Joisha, U. Nagaraj Shenoy, Prithviraj Ba...