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Retroactive aspects: programming in the past

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Geoffrey Lefebvre,

Andrew Warfield, and

Gregor KiczalesAuthors Info & Claims

WODA '11: Proceedings of the Ninth International Workshop on Dynamic Analysis

July 2011

Pages 29 - 34

https://doi.org/10.1145/2002951.2002960

Published: 18 July 2011 Publication History

Abstract

We present a novel approach to the problem of dynamic program analysis: writing analysis code directly into the program source, but evaluating it against a recording of the original program's execution. This approach allows developers to reason about their program in the familiar context of its actual source, and take full advantage of program semantics, data structures, and library functionality for understanding execution. It also gives them the advantage of hindsight, letting them easily analyze unexpected behavior after it has occurred. Our position is that writing offline analysis as retroactive aspects provides a unifying approach that developers will find natural and powerful.

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Retroactive aspects: programming in the past
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software verification and validation
      1. Software defect analysis
        Software testing and debugging

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WODA '11: Proceedings of the Ninth International Workshop on Dynamic Analysis

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DOI:10.1145/2002951

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