TY  - CHAP
Y1  - 1999/07//
T3  - Artificial Intelligence
N2  - We discuss a framework for the application of abstract interpretation as an aid during program development, rather than in the more traditional application of program optimization. Program validation and detection of errors is first performed statically by comparing (partial) specifications written in terms of assertions against information obtained from (global) static analysis of the program. The results of this process are expressed in the user assertion language. Assertions (or parts of assertions) which cannot be checked statically are translated into run-time tests. The framework allows the use of assertions to be optional. It also allows using very general properties in assertions, beyond the predefined set understandable by the static analyzer and including properties defined by user programs. We also report briefly on an implementation of the framework. The resulting tool generates and checks assertions for Prolog, CLP(R), and CHIP/CLP(fd) programs, and integrates compile-time and run-time checking in a uniform way. The tool allows using properties such as types, modes, non-failure, determinacy, and computational cost, and can treat modules separately, performing incremental analysis.
M1  - Part I
SP  - 161
TI  - Using global analysis, partial specifications, and an extensible assertion language for program validation and debugging
AV  - public
ED  - Apt, Krzysztof R.
ED  - Marek, Victor W.
ED  - Truszczynski, Mirek
ED  - Warren, David S.
A1  - Hermenegildo, Manuel V.
A1  - Puebla Sánchez, Alvaro Germán
A1  - Bueno Carrillo, Francisco
SN  - 9783642642494
ID  - upm14573
UR  - http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-60085-2_7
T2  - The Logic Programming Paradigm
EP  - 192
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
ER  -