PointerVision is a static analysis tool designed to help developers analyze C++ code for pointer and reference usage, specifically focusing on pointer arithmetic, dereferencing, references, memory allocations, and bitwise operations. It utilizes Clang's tooling to provide a detailed analysis of C++ code and detect various operations related to pointers (*), references (&), memory management (new, delete), and bitwise operations (&).

• Pointer Arithmetic Detection: Detects pointer arithmetic (e.g., ptr + offset).
• Dereference Detection: Identifies pointer dereferencing (e.g., *ptr).
• Reference Detection: Detects references and their usage.
• Memory Management: Detects the usage of new and delete for memory allocation/deallocation.
• Bitwise AND Detection: Identifies the usage of the bitwise AND operator (&).
• Goto Usage: Tracks the use of goto in code.

git clone https://github.com/mendax0110/ptrVision.git

cd ptrVision

mkdir build
cd build

cmake ..

make

./ptrVision <path-to-source-file> or ./ptrVision <path-to-source-directory>

ptrVision.exe <path-to-source-file> <marker>

ptrVision.exe ..\..\test\snippet_code_test.cpp CODE

ptrVision.exe ..\..\test\snippet_code_test.cpp

ptrVision.exe ..\..\test