Towards automated error localization in C programs with loops
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English
Abstract
The most recent trends in the C-light verification system are MetaVCG, semantic labels appropriate for verification condition (VC) explanation and symbolic method of definite iterations. MetaVCG takes a C-light program together with some Hoare's logic and produces on-the-fly a VC generator (VCG), which in turn processes the input program. Hoare's logic for definite iterations is a good choice if we try to get rid of loop invariants. Finally, if a theorem prover was unable to validate some VCs we could follow two ways. Obviously, we could revise/enrich specifications or/and underlying proof theory to prove the truth of VCs. Or, perhaps, we could concentrate upon establishment of falsity, which meant there were errors in annotated program. This is where semantic labels play crucial role providing some natural language comments about wrong VC as well as a back-trace to the error location. The newly developed ACL2 heuristics to prove VC falsity is the main theme of this paper.
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DOI
10.31144/si.2307-6410.2019.n14.p31-44
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31-44
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