A Replication Package for PyCG: Practical Call Graph Generation in Python

Vitalis Salis, Thodoris Sotiropoulos, Panos Louridas, Diomidis Spinellis, Dimitris Mitropoulos

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Abstract

The ICSE 2021 paper titled 'PyCG: Practical Call Graph Generation in Python' comes with a replication package with the purpose of providing open access to (1) our prototype call graph generator, namely PyCG, and (2) the data and scripts that replicate the results of the paper. The Artifact Evaluation Committee found that this package leads to the reproduction of the results outlined in the paper and is openly available1. The replication package contains the following: 1) A Docker image which can be either built manually or downloaded from DockerHub. It contains the source code and installation of PyCG, as well as the installations of two other call graph generators (i.e., Pyan and Depends), which we compare PyCG with. 2) A micro-benchmark suite of 112 Python modules (Section I-A). 3) A macro-benchmark suite of 5 popular Python packages (Section I-B). 4) Python and Bash scripts used to execute PyCG, Pyan and Depends against the micro- and macro-benchmarks and compare the corresponding results.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2021 IEEE/ACM 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering
Subtitle of host publicationCompanion Proceedings, ICSE-Companion 2021
PublisherIEEE
Pages200
Number of pages1
ISBN (Electronic)9781665412193
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event43rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion, ICSE-Companion 2021 - Virtual, Online, Spain
Duration: 25 May 202128 May 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering
ISSN (Print)0270-5257

Conference

Conference43rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion, ICSE-Companion 2021
Country/TerritorySpain
CityVirtual, Online
Period25/05/2128/05/21

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