Abstract: Pre/postcondition-based specifications are commonplace in a variety of software engineering activities that range from requirements through to design and implementation. The fragmented ...

We list the best IDE for Python, to make it simple and easy for programmers to manage their Python code with a selection of specialist tools. An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) allows you to ...

The Python extension will automatically install the following extensions by default to provide the best Python development experience in VS Code: If you set this setting to true, you will manually opt ...

Large language models (LLMs) have been extensively researched for programming-related tasks, including program summarisation, over recent years. However, the task of abstracting formal specifications ...

Abstract: It is challenging to generate loop invariants for programs automatically in the field of software analysis and verification. Loop invariants are the weakened forms of the postconditions for ...

Developers make assumptions about how our code will behave when executed, but we’re not always right. Without certainty, it is challenging to write programs that work correctly at runtime. Java ...

While there have been some notable successes with program verification systems, a the use of such systems is still perceived as a niche activity for the most critical and specialized projects. 1, 23, ...

The Windows version of the Python interpreter can be run from the command line the same way it’s run in other operating systems, by typing python or python3 at the prompt. But there’s a feature unique ...

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