Frama-C There are several reasons one might want to run an old version of Frama-C: to test some outdated plugin which is only compatible with a previous version; to re-run analyses mentioned in an old tutorial or blog post; to compare results between Frama-C versions; for nostalgia’s sake. Whatever the reason,...
Read MoreIn Frama-C 23 (Vanadium), two new kinds of ACSL annotations are available, to complement assert: the admit and check annotations. In a nutshell, assert P is equivalent to check P; admit P. The former allows easier checking of the validity of predicates, while the latter documents the introduction of external...
Read MoreNew Frama-C Docker images, with a graphical interface, are available in the Docker Hub. They allow running Frama-C via a browser, on Windows, macOS and Linux. Frama-C + Docker + noVNC = Frama-C GUI on a browser The “traditional” Frama-C Docker images available on Docker Hub lack the graphical interface,...
Read MoreWhen using Frama-C in a series of benchmarks or test suites, especially when they consist of several small programs, consider using -no-autoload-plugins for better performance. This post explains why it is useful, as well as its downsides. Minimize startup time with -no-autoload-plugins By default, running frama-c makes it load all...
Read MoreIn the previous post, we mentioned the official Frama-C Docker images. In this post, we present two examples where these images allow us to incorporate Frama-C in a continuous integration process: a Frama-C Github Action, as well as integration of Frama-C in a Gitlab CI pipeline. Github Action: run Frama-C/Eva...
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