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Goal-oriented test data generation for pointer programs

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Automatic test data generation leads to the identification of input values on which a selected path or a selected branch is executed within a program (path-oriented vs goal-oriented methods). In both cases, several approaches based on constraint solving exist, but in the presence of pointer variables only path-oriented methods have been proposed. Pointers are responsible for the existence of conditional aliasing problems that usually provoke the failure of the goal-oriented test data generation process. In this paper, we propose an overall constraint-based method that exploits the results of an intraprocedural points-to analysis and provides two specific constraint combinators for automatically generating goal-oriented test data. This approach correctly handles multi-levels stack-directed pointers that are mainly used in C programs. The method has been fully implemented in the test data generation tool INKA and first experiences in applying it to a variety of existing programs are presented.
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inria-00540297 , version 1 (26-11-2010)

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Arnaud Gotlieb, Tristan Denmat, Bernard Botella. Goal-oriented test data generation for pointer programs. Information and Software Technology, 2007, 49 (9-10), pp.1030-1044. ⟨10.1016/j.infsof.2006.10.016⟩. ⟨inria-00540297⟩
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