spencer%bela@gatech.edu (Spencer Rugaber) (03/20/90)
I am interested in experiences people have had testing parsers. Specifically,
I am interested in the use a language's grammar as a basis for generating
tests. Any experience or pointers to papers would be appreciated. Thanks.
Spencer
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Please send responses to the author of the message, not the poster.kuiper@cs.ruu.nl (Matthys Kuiper) (03/20/90)
In article <1990Mar20.025510.5052@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us> spencer%bela@gatech.edu (Spencer Rugaber) writes: >I am interested in experiences people have had testing parsers. Specifically, >I am interested in the use a language's grammar as a basis for generating >tests. Any experience or pointers to papers would be appreciated. Thanks. Here are two references on (semi-) automatic testing of compilers. Homer and Schooler annotate the grammar of a language with commands that steer the generation of test programs. I have successfully used their method in testing a system for parallel attribute evaluation. @article{bazspa, author = {Franco Bazzichi and Ippolito Sapdafora}, title = {An Automatic Generator for Compiler Testing}, journal = {IEEE TSE}, year = {1982}, volume = {8}, number = {4}, pages = {343-353}, month = {July}} @article{homsch, author = {William Homer and Richard Schooler}, title = {Independent Testing of Compiler Phases Using a Test Case Generator}, journal = {Software--Practice and Experience}, year = {1989}, volume = {19}, number = {1}, pages = {53-62}, month = {January}} -- Send compilers articles to compilers@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us {spdcc | ima | lotus}!esegue. Meta-mail to compilers-request@esegue. Please send responses to the author of the message, not the poster.