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Re: coreutils test coverage
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: coreutils test coverage |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:52:40 +0200 |
Bo Borgerson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> If you're reading this list, you probably noticed that some kind
>> souls at Stanford uncovered a surprising number of bugs in coreutils
>> recently. Part of their analysis was coverage-related, and they
>> produced these coverage reports:
>>
>> http://keeda.stanford.edu/~cristic/coreutils-dev-tests/src/
>>
>> In case anyone is interested in improving test coverage,
>> that gives some obvious starting points.
>
> How cool!
>
> That's a really useful tool. I wonder if it might be possible to
> include some instructions for producing a coverage report like that in
> the project somewhere... maybe in the HACKING file?
I've only just learned of this, too:
http://ltp.sourceforge.net/coverage/lcov.php
I was just waiting for you to volunteer ;-)