The influence of language semantics on program slices

Author

Hwang, J.C. ; Du, M.W. ; Chou, C.R.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Comput. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ. Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

1988

fDate

9-13 Oct. 1988

Firstpage

120

Lastpage

127

Abstract

The authors present observations on the influence of language semantics on program slices. These observations serve to illustrate that, whenever a program slice is designed for a specific language, the semantic features should be carefully examined, and the corresponding slicing algorithm adjusted accordingly. The authors can show that it is impossible to develop a single slicing routine which can be applied to all programming languages. In other words, a program slicer should be language-dependent. Its algorithm should be flexible enough to correspond to the semantics of a given language.<>

Keywords

high level languages; program testing; software engineering; language semantics; language-dependent; program slice; programming languages; semantic features; slicing algorithm; slicing routine; Algorithm design and analysis; Computer languages; Debugging; Programming profession; Reactive power; Usability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Languages, 1988. Proceedings., International Conference on

Conference_Location

Miami Beach, FL, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0874-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCL.1988.13050

Filename

13050

Link To Document

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