This paper presents a type-based solution to the long-standing problem of object initialization. Constructors, the conventional mechanism for object initialization, have semantics...
A component revolution is underway, bringing developers improved productivity and opportunities for code reuse. However, whereas existing tools work well for builders of desktop ap...
Krzysztof Ostrowski, Ken Birman, Danny Dolev, Jong...
We present an interprocedural and compositional algorithm for finding pairs of compatible allocation sites, which have the property that no object allocated at one site is live at...
Ovidiu Gheorghioiu, Alexandru Salcianu, Martin C. ...
Objects often define usage protocols that clients must follow in order for these objects to work properly. Aliasing makes it notoriously difficult to check whether clients and i...
At the heart of all garbage collectors lies the process of identifying and processing reference fields within an object. Despite its key role, and evidence of many different impl...
Robin Garner, Stephen M. Blackburn, Daniel Frampto...