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Refactoring with C++
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In the quest to ensure comprehensive testing of software projects, automatic test coverage tracking tools play a pivotal role. These tools provide invaluable insights into the extent to which the source code of an application is executed during testing, highlighting areas that are well-tested and those that may need additional attention.
Ensuring comprehensive test coverage is a cornerstone of reliable software development. Tools such as gcov
for the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and llvm-cov
for LLVM projects automate the tracking of test coverage, providing crucial insights into how thoroughly the tests exercise the code.
There are two major tools used for automatic test coverage tracking in C++ projects:
gcov
analyzes the execution paths taken in your code during test runs. For instance, after compiling a C...