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@InProceedings{Teig99,
title = "{A}nother {S}ide of {SP}o{C}: occam's {ALT}er {E}go {D}issected with {PC}-lint",
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author= "Teig, Øyvind",
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editor= "Cook, Barry M.",
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pages = "19--36",
booktitle= "{P}roceedings of {W}o{TUG}-22: {A}rchitectures, {L}anguages and {T}echniques for {C}oncurrent {S}ystems",
isbn= "90 5199 480 X",
year= "1999",
month= "mar",
abstract= "26500 lines of Standard C (ANSI C) generated from occam
sources by the Southampton Portable occam Compiler (SPoC)
has been analysed by the static analysis tool PC-lint. The
target machine is a TMS320C32 DSP where all (the supported)
C\'s primitive data types are mapped to 32 bit read and
writes. This architecture stretches
\"ANSI\" C quite a bit, but the
\"portable\" occam compiler promised to
handle it. Even if we had experienced no problems with the
generated code and it compiled with all error handling
enabled, we had to insert some 15-20 different global
PC-lint filters plus local filters via in-line C in the
occam sources. This was in addition to the base-level
filters we also used for hand-written C. It kept PC-lint
quiet, for individual C files as well as \"global
wrap up\". By discussing each individual filter we
arrive at the conclusion that none hid errors in the
generated C. The analysis revealed a few points where the
occam language definition could have been made stricter. We
would like to PC-lint the generated sources with fewer
messages disabled - changes to SPoC are therefore suggested.
Altogether SPoC seems to have passed this test quite well.
Even if we have no expertise to modify the (open) SPoC
sources, this report could be considered as contributing to
a prospective \"Bazaar\" development model
- to bring forward an even more robust compiler for a
portable and perhaps prospering occam language."
}