A language independent debugger semantics based debugging in K

This works presents the K debugger - a language independent program debugger. The debugger is a part of the suite of tools that form the K framework. Conventional language dependent debuggers rely on an ad-hoc model of the underlying programming semantics, and may thus be incapable, or inaccurate in their ability to rectify a program’s behavior. The K debugger uses a different approach - it’s parametric over the K semantics of the programming language, which exposes accurate and subtle faults. The K debugger generalizes behaviors of conventional debuggers, providing users with a uniform interface that works across programming languages. Moreover, the K debugger is formal, performant and highly configurable, allowing it to adapt to the any programming language. This makes the K debugger a suitable replacement to traditional language specific debuggers.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2018

Author dc:creator

• Saxena, Manasvi

Contributors dc:contributor

• Roşu, Grigore

• Debugging
• Semantics
• K Framework

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2018 Manasvi Saxena

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/101590

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/101590