[LLVMdev] Request information about LLVM for research

[Pwint Phyu Kyaw]

Dear Sir,

As per request below, I want to use your LLVM project in my thesis and I
have no idea where to start and I couldn't find any information about how to
build my test programs with your infrastructure and get my required
information.
Is your tool is a testing tool? Can it accept program and test case as input
and output like the input test case is cover which branch and which
variables' def-use of the program?
I am looking for that kind of tool.

Best Regards,
Pwint Phyu Kyaw
StudentID: 482-9504
Major: Information Technology
Assumption University
Bangkok, Thailand

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Chris Lattner <sabre at nondot.org>
Date: 15 August 2010 12:02
Subject: Re: Request information about LLVM for research
To: Pwint Phyu Kyaw <pwintphyukyaw at gmail.com>



On Aug 15, 2010, at 1:33 AM, Pwint Phyu Kyaw wrote:

Dear Sir,

My name is Pwint Phyu Kyaw and I am master student from Assumption
University, Bangkok, Thaniland, majoring in Information Technology. My
thesis title is about a technique for test cases reducing.


Great, sounds like a very interesting project.  The best place to find out
about LLVM is to email the llvmdev mailing list, there many experienced
people can help answer your questions.

-Chris



My thesis will try to reduce some test cases from test suite based on two
criteria "branch" and definition-use" coverage.

I am trying to use the research topic "A Concept Analysis Inspired Greedy
Algorithm for Test Suite Minimization",the attached file as my reference. In
that paper, they described in part four (Experiments section) they use your
LLVM infrastructure to record the branch/def-use coverage information. I may
use test programs from Subject Infrastructure Repository website "
http://www.cse.unl.edu/∼galileo/sir" same as their.

I also want to use your LLVM project in my thesis and I have no idea where
to start and I couldn't find any information about how to build my test
programs with your infrastructure and get my required information.
Is your tool is a testing tool? Can it accept program and test case as input
and output like the input test case is cover which branch and which
variables' def-use of the program?
I am looking for that kind of tool.
Can you please kindly reply me about your tool if that is the one I am
looking for?


Best Regards,

Pwint Phyu Kyaw
StudentID: 482-9504
Major: Information Technology
Assumption University
Bangkok, Thailand
<A Concept Analysis Inspired Greedy Algorithm for Test Suite
Minimization.pdf>
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