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Pointer analysis

Michael Hind

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Abstract

During the past twenty-one years, over seventy-five papers and nine Ph.D. theses have been published on pointer analysis. Given the tomes of work on this topic one may wonder, “Haven'trdquo; we solved this problem yet?'' With input from many researchers in the field, this paper describes issues related to pointer analysis and remaining open problems.

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During the past twenty-one years, over seventy-five papers and nine Ph.D. theses have been published on pointer analysis. Given the tomes of work on this topic one may wonder, “Haven'trdquo; we solved this problem yet?'' With input from many researchers in the field, this paper describes issues related to pointer analysis and remaining open problems.

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During the past twenty-one years, over seventy-five papers and nine Ph.D. theses have been published on pointer analysis. Given the tomes of work on this topic one may wonder, “Haven'trdquo; we solved this problem yet?'' With input from many researchers in the field, this paper describes issues related to pointer analysis and remaining open problems.

Key concepts: Computer science, Pointer analysis, Programming language, Static analysis

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