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[Frama-c-discuss] Beta release of Frama-C 21.0 (Scandium)



Dear Frama-C enthusiasts,


We have the pleasure to announce the beta release of Frama-C 21 (Scandium).

It is available in the stable/scandium branch of Frama-C's public git 
repository: https://git.frama-c.com/pub/frama-c/-/tree/stable/scandium, 
tagged 21.0-beta.

A link to a tar.gz archive and the manuals are available at 
https://git.frama-c.com/pub/frama-c/-/wikis/Frama-C-21.0-beta-Scandium

You are encouraged to try it out and report any potential regressions on 
this list or on https://git.frama-c.com/pub/frama-c/-/issues

Barring any critical issues, the final Frama-C 21 release is scheduled 
for June.

*
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*Main changes include:*

*Kernel*

- new option -warn-invalid-pointer (disabled by default; warns on 
pointer arithmetic resulting in invalid values)

- new option -warn-pointer-downcast (enabled by default; warns when a 
pointer/integer conversion may lead to loss of precision)

- improved ghost support: ghost else, and check that ghost code does not 
alter normal control flow

- constfold can now use value of const globals

*Eva*

- New option -eva-domains to enable a list of analysis domains 
(replacing the former options -eva-name-domain). "-eva-domains help" 
prints the list of available domains with a short description

- New option -eva-domains-function to enable domains only on given functions

- When -warn-invalid-pointers is enabled, emits alarms on invalid 
pointer arithmetics resulting in a pointer that does not point inside an 
object or one past an object (even if the pointer is not used afterward)

- The subdivision of evaluations can now be enabled locally:

     - on given functions through option -eva-subdivide-non-linear-function

     - on specific statements via /*@ subdivide N; */ annotations.

*WP*

- Upgraded Why3 backend (requires why3 1.3.1)

- Support for IEEE float model (why3 provers only)

- Smoke Tests : attempt to find inconsistencies or dead code from 
requirements (see -wp-smoke-tests option in WP manual)

- Many improvements in lemmas, tactics and cache management (see full WP 
Changelog for details).

*E-ACSL*

- Better support of complex jumps for |goto| and |switch| statements


And a *new plug-in, Instantiate*, to generate function specializations 
e.g. for functions with void* (memcpy/memset/etc), to help other plugins 
such as WP.


Happy analysis with Frama-C!

André, for the Frama-C team

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