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Pointer analysis

In computer science, pointer analysis, or points-to analysis, is a static code analysis technique that establishes which pointers, or heap references, can point to which variables, or storage locations. It is often a component of more complex analyses such as escape analysis. A closely related technique is shape analysis.

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Pointer analysis

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related to Bibliography · 63
Pointer analysis → ACM, ACM SIGPLAN-SIGACT, ACM SIGPLAN-SIGSOFT, ACM Transactions, Anders, Andersen, Approaches, Balatsouras, Bjarne, Canada, Christian, Collard, Drew, Foundations, Framework, George, Guarnera, ICPC, IEEE, IEEE International Conference
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Pointer analysis → An, Andersen's, Array, As, Context, Equality, Field, Flow, Heap, Many, Most, Other, Pointer, Run-time, Steensgaard's, Subset, These, When
related to Context-insensitive, flow-insensitive algorithms · 6
Pointer analysis → Andersen's, LLVM, Pointer, Steensgaard's, SVF, They
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Pointer analysis → Datalog, Java, Many, Soot
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Pointer analysis → Consider, For

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escape analysisinstance ofIt is often a component of more complex analyses0.80text
Andersen's or Steensgaard's algorithm would lose precision when analyzing the calls toidinstance ofa context-insensitive analysis0.80text
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Pointer analysisrelated to BibliographyZyrianov0.60section
Pointer analysisrelated to BibliographyVlas0.60section
Pointer analysisrelated to BibliographyNewman0.60section
Pointer analysisrelated to BibliographyChristian0.60section
Pointer analysisrelated to BibliographyGuarnera0.60section
Pointer analysisrelated to BibliographyDrew0.60section
Pointer analysisrelated to BibliographyCollard0.60section
Pointer analysisrelated to BibliographyMichael0.60section
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