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Unreachable procedures in object-oriented programming

Unreachable procedures in object-oriented programming Unreachable procedures are procedures that can never be invoked. Their existence may adversely affect the performance of a program. Unfortunately, their detection requires the entire program to be present. Using a long-time code modification system, we analyze large, linked, program modules of C++, C, and Fortran. We find that C++ programs using object-oriented programming style contain a large fraction of unreachable procedure code. In contrast, C and Fortran programs have a low and essentially constant fraction of unreachable code. In this article, we present our analysis of C++, C, and Fortran programs, and we discuss how object-oriented programming style generates unreachable procedures. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ACM Letters on Programming Languages and Systems (LOPLAS) Association for Computing Machinery

Unreachable procedures in object-oriented programming

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Association for Computing Machinery
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Copyright © 1992 by ACM Inc.
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1057-4514
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10.1145/161494.161517
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Unreachable procedures are procedures that can never be invoked. Their existence may adversely affect the performance of a program. Unfortunately, their detection requires the entire program to be present. Using a long-time code modification system, we analyze large, linked, program modules of C++, C, and Fortran. We find that C++ programs using object-oriented programming style contain a large fraction of unreachable procedure code. In contrast, C and Fortran programs have a low and essentially constant fraction of unreachable code. In this article, we present our analysis of C++, C, and Fortran programs, and we discuss how object-oriented programming style generates unreachable procedures.

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ACM Letters on Programming Languages and Systems (LOPLAS) – Association for Computing Machinery

Published: Dec 1, 1992

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