Re: Reference source for C-compiler validation?

Martin von Loewis <loewis@informatik.hu-berlin.de>
8 Nov 2001 01:08:43 -0500

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From: Martin von Loewis <loewis@informatik.hu-berlin.de>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 8 Nov 2001 01:08:43 -0500
Organization: Humboldt University Berlin, Department of Computer Science
References: 01-11-019
Keywords: C, testing, comment
Posted-Date: 08 Nov 2001 01:08:43 EST

jbredno@yahoo.de (J. Bredno) writes:


> Simple question, but I'm afraid the answer won't be so simple:


> Are there any widely accepted C and C++ source files that can be
> used to validate a compiler? E.g., is there some test for ANSI
> compliance or something similar?


There are certainly widely-accepted C and C++ test suites. I don't
think any of them is widely available. Common test suites are


Plum Hall: http://www.plumhall.com/suites.html
Perennial: http://www.peren.com/pages/cvsa_set.htm


HTH,
Martin
[Plum Hall and Perennial's suites are entirely available if you're willing
to pay for them. -John]

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