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Static analysis tools can aid programmers by reporting potential programming mistakes prior to the execution of a program. Funqual is a static analysis tool that reads C++17 code ”in the wild” and checks that the function call graph follows a set of rules which can be defined by the user. This sort of analysis can help the programmer to avoid errors such as accidentally calling blocking functions in time-sensitive contexts or accidentally allocating memory in heap-sensitive environments. To accomplish this, we create a type system whereby functions can be given user-defined type qualifiers and where users can define their own restrictions on the call tree based on these type qualifiers. We demonstrate that this tool, when used with hand-crafted rules, can catch certain types of errors which commonly occur in the wild. We claim that this tool can be used in a production setting to catch certain kinds of errors in code before that code is even run.
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Andrew Nelson, Arista Networks
Software Engineer

Andrew is passionate about creating tools and methodologies that enable everyone to write high quality software. He recently completed a masters degree at Cal Poly SLO where his area of research involved static analysis. Today he works at Arista Networks on tools that make developers more productive. Andrew spends a lot of his free time teaching Computer Science to high school students (he mentors a highschool robotics team and tutors students in AP Computer Science) and has seen a lot of interesting bugs while doing so!
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