source reduction using Python

[Roger Miller]

beliavsky at aol.com wrote:
> Intel has introduced something called CESR, written in Python, to aid
> C, C++, and Fortran programmers in reducing the sizes of programs
> included in bug reports. Here is a brief description from
> http://cache-www.intel.com/cd/00/00/21/93/219320_relnotes_10.pdf :
> ...
> I think one needs to qualify for "Intel Premier Support" to get CESR. I
> wonder if a similar open-source Python program exists.

I can't answer your question, but if you are searching it may be
helpful to know that the relevant phrase is probably "program slicing".