Xr0: A Verification Tool for Safer C Programming
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Summary
Xr0 is a verification tool for the C programming language that aims to eliminate common undefined behaviors like use-after-frees, double frees, null pointer dereferences, and uninitialized memory usage. It uses C-like annotations attached to potentially unsafe functions to express what callers need to know to use them safely, providing a way to verify code correctness while maintaining C's performance characteristics.
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Xr0 uses C-like annotations to verify code.
They're attached to every function that is potentially unsafe and express what its callers need to know to use it safely.
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