Abstract
Program generators and transformations are hard to implement correctly, because the implementation needs to generically describe how to construct programs, for example, using templates or rewrite rules. We apply dynamic analysis to program generators in order to support developers in finding bugs and identifying the source of the bug. Our analysis focuses on syntactic language constraints and checks that generated programs are syntactically well-formed. To retain a language's grammar as the unique specification of the language's syntax, we devised mechanisms to derive the analysis from the grammar. Moreover, we designed a run-time system to support the modular activation/deactivation of the analysis, so that generators do not require adaption. We have implemented the analysis for the Stratego term-rewriting language and applied it in case studies based on Spoofax and SugarJ.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | MODULARITY'14 |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the companion publication of the 13th International Conference on Modularity |
Place of Publication | New York |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 17-20 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-2773-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Event | 13th International Conference on Modularity - Lugano, Switzerland Duration: 22 Apr 2014 → 26 Apr 2014 Conference number: 13 |
Conference
Conference | 13th International Conference on Modularity |
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Abbreviated title | Modularity 2014 |
Country/Territory | Switzerland |
City | Lugano |
Period | 22/04/14 → 26/04/14 |
Keywords
- Abstract syntax tree
- Dynamic analysis
- Generative programming
- Program transformation
- Spoofax
- SugarJ
- Typesmart constructors
- Well-formedness checks