Re: YACC, going the other way

zeil@cs.odu.edu (Steven J. Zeil)
Tue, 23 Apr 91 16:33:53 GMT

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From: zeil@cs.odu.edu (Steven J. Zeil)
Keywords: yacc, testing
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
References: <1991Apr23.140427.5416@iecc.cambridge.ma.us>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 91 16:33:53 GMT

In article <1991Apr23.140427.5416@iecc.cambridge.ma.us> elk@cblpn.att.com (Edwin Lewis King +1 614 860 3394) writes:
>I'm interesting in generating strings that are described by a BNF (OK,
>YACC) grammar.


I have seen references to this as a means of describing and generating
test data. This method can be applied to many programs with heavily
structured input data, including programs that are not themselves
compilers/translators.


A reference that comes to mind is Duncan & Hutchison, "Using Atributed
Grammars to Test Designs and Implementations", in the 5th International
Conference on Software Engineering.


                                                                                                    Steve Z
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