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    GCOV: A GNU Coverage Testing Tool

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    Gcov is a test coverage program designed to work with GCC to analyze programs and help create more efficient code. It can find how often each line of code executes, which lines are actually executed, and how much computing time sections use. Gcov can also be used with test suites to determine which test cases need to be added to ensure better testing for higher quality projects. The presentation provides examples of using gcov and its options like -a to view block execution and -b to see branch frequencies.

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    GCOV: A GNU Coverage Testing Tool

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    Gcov is a test coverage program designed to work with GCC to analyze programs and help create more efficient code. It can find how often each line of code executes, which lines are actually executed, and how much computing time sections use. Gcov can also be used with test suites to determine which test cases need to be added to ensure better testing for higher quality projects. The presentation provides examples of using gcov and its options like -a to view block execution and -b to see branch frequencies.

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    Gcov is a test coverage program designed to work with GCC to analyze programs and help create more efficient code. It can find how often each line of code executes, which lines are actually executed, and how much computing time sections use. Gcov can also be used with test suites to determine which test cases need to be added to ensure better testing for higher quality projects. The presentation provides examples of using gcov and its options like -a to view block execution and -b to see branch frequencies.

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    GCOV: A GNU Coverage Testing Tool

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    Gcov is a test coverage program designed to work with GCC to analyze programs and help create more efficient code. It can find how often each line of code executes, which lines are actually executed, and how much computing time sections use. Gcov can also be used with test suites to determine which test cases need to be added to ensure better testing for higher quality projects. The presentation provides examples of using gcov and its options like -a to view block execution and -b to see branch frequencies.

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    Applied Research Laboratories

    The University of Texas at Austin

    GCOV: A GNU Coverage


    Testing Tool

    Presentation by Eric Hagen


    What is gcov? ARL
    The University of Texas at Austin

    ♦ Gcov is a test coverage program


    ♦ Gcov is designed to work exclusively
    with GCC to analyze programs to help
    create more efficient, faster running
    code
    ♦ Gcov can be used in concert with gprof,
    an application which which assesses the
    parts of code that take the greatest
    amount of computing time

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    What can gcov do? ARL
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    ♦ With gcov and gprof one could


    – Find how often each line of code
    executes
    – What lines of code are actually
    executed
    – How much computing time each section
    of code uses

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    What can gcov do for us? ARL
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    ♦ Gcov can also be used with testsuites.


    ♦ A coverage program tests to see how
    much of the program is exercised by the
    testsuite
    ♦ With this information, developers can
    determine which test cases need to be
    added to the suite to ensure better
    testing for a higher quality final
    project

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    Gcov Options ARL
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    ♦ -h, --help
    – Display help about using gcov
    ♦ -a, --all-blocks
    – Write individual execution counts for
    every basic block. With this option
    you can determine if blocks within a
    single line are not being executed
    ♦ -b, -branch-probabilities
    – Write branch frequencies to the
    output file, and write branch summary
    info to the standard output. This
    option allows you to see how often
    each branch in your program was taken 5
    Gcov Options ARL
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    ♦ -c, --branch-counts
    – Write branch frequencies as the
    number of branches taken, rather than
    the percentage of branches taken
    ♦ -n, --no-output
    – Do not create the gcov output file
    ♦ Within a gcov file the format is
    <execution_count>:<line_number>:<source
    line text>
    ♦ - is for lines containing no code
    ♦ ##### is for lines which were never
    executed
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    Gcov an Example ARL
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    Gcov : An Example ARL
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    Gcov: An Example ARL
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    Gcov and CppUnit ARL
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    Gcov and CppUnit ARL
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    ARL
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    WhereSat Old Version ARL
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    WhereSat New Version Without -v ARL
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    WhereSat New Version with -v ARL
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