You can use C-Reduce for any language

Re:You can use C-Reduce for any language by IshKebab on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @02:32PM (#42258967)

It basically runs transformation passes over the code until they stop changing the code or break its behaviour.

It seems like a small number of the passes are not specific to C:

https://github.com/csmith-project/creduce/blob/master/creduc...

`"C" => 1,` means it is only for C.

I would guess `pass_lines` is the most important for non-C code; I'm guessing (it's written in unreadable Perl) that it removes lines.

So while it can work for languages other than C, most of its features are C-specific so it's not going to work nearly as well. Still I'd never heard of C-Reduce; pretty cool tool!

Someone make one based on Tree Sitter, quick!

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Re:You can use C-Reduce for any language by the8472 on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @06:15PM (#42260758)

どうぞ https://langston-barrett.github.io/treereduce/

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Re:You can use C-Reduce for any language by IshKebab on Saturday November 30, 2024 @04:50AM (#42280656)

Ah very cool!

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Re:You can use C-Reduce for any language by codesnik on Thursday November 28, 2024 @12:45AM (#42262776)

unreadable perl?! I clicked on the link expecting something super-terse and unstructured, but it's anything but. What the hell is wrong with people casually dropping such remarks.

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Re:You can use C-Reduce for any language by dazed_confused on Thursday November 28, 2024 @03:07PM (#42268220)

Because if you aren’t writing in python or JS/TS then it is gibberish. Not like Perl is used all throughout Linux system…

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