[sldev] Static code analysis

Gareth Nelson gareth at garethnelson.com
Fri Jan 9 17:15:00 PST 2009


If they offer it for free, might as well see what results it spits out.

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Sheet Spotter <sheet.spotter at gmail.com> wrote:
> Has anyone run a static code analysis tool against the viewer source? Is LL
> using a static code analysis tool internally?
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> I stumbled into a code analysis tool from Coverity that claims to identify
> source code flaws through an elaborate static code analysis with a lower
> "false positive" rate than similar tools. Coverity seems to offer their tool
> (or their services?) free of charge to open source projects.
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>             http://scan.coverity.com/about.html
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> Coverity publishes a list of open source projects that summarizes the number
> of defects identified.
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> http://scan.coverity.com/report/Coverity_White_Paper-Scan_Open_Source_Report_2008.pdf
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> Would this tool (or any other static code analysis tool) help identify any
> subtle issues with the open source client?
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> [Disclaimer: I have no direct knowledge of this tool; I simply browsed their
> web site. I have no affiliation with the vendor.]
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> Sheet Spotter
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