# ACER: An AST-based Call Graph Generator Framework

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.15669 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2308.15669/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 29 Aug 2023.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [CMind: An AI Agent for Localizing C Memory Bugs](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2601.14434/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We introduce ACER, an AST-based call graph generator framework. ACER leverages tree-sitter to interface with any language. We opted to focus on generators that operate on abstract syntax trees (ASTs) due to their speed and simplicitly in certain scenarios; however, a fully quantified intermediate representation usually provides far better information at the cost of requiring compilation. To evaluate our framework, we created two context-insensitive Java generators and compared them to existing open-source Java generators.