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TR-724-05
Certifying Compilation for a Language with Stack Allocation |
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| Authors: | Jia, Limin, Spalding, Frances, Walker, David, Glew, Neal |
| Date: | March, 2005 |
| Pages: | 31 |
| Download Formats: | [PDF] |
This paper describes an assembly-language type system capable of ensuring memory safety in the presence of both heap and stack allocation. The type system uses linear logic and a set of domain-specific predicates to specify invariants about the shape of the store. Part of the model for our logic is a tree of "stack tags" that tracks the evolution of the stack over time. To demonstrate the expressiveness of the type system, we define Micro-CLI, a simple imperative language that captures the essence of stack allocation in the Common Language Infrastructure. We show how to compile well-typed Micro-CLI into well-typed assembly. |
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