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Capability Analysis and Lifetime Analysis

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Description

Similar to SCUDO, we can enable

  1. clang's lifetime analysis for containers: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/LifetimeSafety.html
  2. capability based threading safety check: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ThreadSafetyAnalysis.html

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the Clang Lifetime Safety documentation and Thread Safety Analysis documentation linked in the issue, then compare how SCUDO enables similar checks. Identify the repository build or analysis entry points affected; done means both requested analyses are enabled for the relevant container and capability-based threading cases.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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