REVIS: An Error Visualization Tool for Rust

Autor:	Wang, Ruochen, Maclaren, Molly, Coblenz, Michael
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	Computer Science - Software Engineering
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	Rust is a programming language that uses a concept of ownership to guarantee memory safety without the use of a garbage collector. However, some error messages related to ownership can be difficult to understand and fix, particularly those that depend on value lifetimes. To help developers fix lifetime-related errors, we developed REVIS, a VSCode extension that visualizes lifetime-related Rust compiler errors. We describe the design and implementation of the VSCode extension, along with a preliminary evaluation of its efficacy for student learners of Rust. Although the number of participants was too low to enable evaluation of the efficacy of REVIS, we gathered data regarding the prevalence and time to fix the compiler errors that the participants encountered. Comment: Presented at HATRA 2023
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.06640 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv