Abstract:Contracts provide a pre-emptive approach in identifying programming errors at run-time using assertions or by formal Static analysis tool or Manual source code reviews. They describe the expected software behavior.
Contracts written by developers have a greater error detection ability than the generic ones that are created automatically but may involve strenuous efforts for larger sized source codes. The intent of this paper is a concise study of prevalent approaches in the generation of contracts and to put f… Show more
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