THE AUTOMATIC-GENERATION OF TEST CASES FOR OPTIMIZING FORTRAN COMPILERS

Authors
BURGESS CJ SAIDI M
Citation
Cj. Burgess et M. Saidi, THE AUTOMATIC-GENERATION OF TEST CASES FOR OPTIMIZING FORTRAN COMPILERS, Information and software technology, 38(2), 1996, pp. 111-119
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences","Information Science & Library Science","Computer Science Information Systems","Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming
Journal title
Information and software technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09505849
Volume
38
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
111 - 119
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-5849(1996)38:2<111:TAOTCF>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
This paper describes the design of an automatic generator of compiler test cases which are aimed at testing the correctness of the code-gene ration and optimization phases of a compiler. The test cases are desig ned to contain specific features that optimizing compilers are known t o exploit frequently, and to include self-checking code to check for t heir correct execution. Fortran77 is used to illustrate the results, a lthough the general principles employed are applicable to many compile rs for imperative languages.