Do we still need new Alias Analyses?
Abstract
Alias analysis is one of the most used techniques that aim to optimize
languages with pointers. It is no surprise that this topic
has received much attention in many fields including compilation and
program verification. However, despite all this attention, a deep study
of its state-of-the art shows that it is not handled satisfactorily, by far.
In this paper we demonstrate that, although many
approaches have been proposed, we still cannot rely on alias analysis
inside compilers. We illustrate our statement with an overview of the
capabilities of state-of-the-art compilers.
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