David A. Tomassi

On the Real-World Effectiveness of Static Bug Detectors at Finding Null Pointer Exceptions

2021 · 2021 36th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE)

Static bug detectors aim at helping developers to automatically find and prevent bugs. In this experience paper, we study the effectiveness of static bug detectors at identifying Null Pointer Dereferences or Null Pointer Exceptions (NPEs). …