We present a pointer analysis algorithm designed for source-to-source transformations. Existing techniques for pointer analysis apply a collection of inference rules to a dismantled intermediate form of the source program, making them difficult to apply to source-to-source tools that generally work on abstract syntax trees to preserve details of the source program. Our pointer analysis algorithm operates directly on the abstract syntax tree of a C program and uses a form of standard dataflow analysis to compute the desired points-to information. We have implemented our algorithm in a sourceto-source translation framework and experimental results show that it is practical on real-world examples.
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Unique Paper ID: 142659
Publication Volume & Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6
Page(s): 78 - 81
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