Completeness in static analysis by abstract interpretation, a personal point of view

Static analysis by abstract interpretation is generally designed to be ''sound'', that is, it should not claim to establish properties that do not hold-in other words, not provide ''false negatives'' about possible bugs. A rarer requirement is that it should be ''complete'', meaning that it should be able to infer certain properties if they hold. This paper describes a number of practical issues and questions related to completeness that I have come across over the years.