Re: [Caml-list] [ANN] Bisect_ppx 1.0.0 – Modernized code coverage for OCaml

[Gabriel Scherer <gabriel.scherer@gmail.com>]

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On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Gerd Stolpmann <info@gerd-stolpmann.de>
wrote:

> That's interesting news. In my last job I used (the old) bisect
> frequently.
>
> What I really would love to see is negative coverage: Mark code sections
> where you expect that they are never executed. That could be a simple
> "assert false" but also more extensive error handling. Ideally, the tool
> would automatically recognize certain patterns.
>

The old bisect supports special (*BISECT-MARK*) comment to mark dead code
for this reason. Do you have something else in mind?


> That's especially useful when you have a management that is after high
> coverage numbers...
>
> Gerd
>
>
> Am Mittwoch, den 10.02.2016, 09:33 -0600 schrieb Anton Bachin:
> > Hello,
> >
> > We would like to announce the release of Bisect_ppx 1.0.0, a code
> coverage tool
> > for OCaml with appealing reports:
> >
> >   https://github.com/rleonid/bisect_ppx
> >
> >
> > You can see a live coverage report here:
> >
> >   http://rleonid.github.io/bisect_ppx/coverage/
> >
> > Reports can also be submitted to Coveralls.io using ocveralls [1]. See an
> > example here [2].
> >
> >
> > Bisect_ppx is a fork of the original Bisect by Xavier Clerc, with
> extensive
> > further development. Differences from Bisect, and from earlier versions
> of
> > Bisect_ppx, include:
> >
> > - the nicer and more legible HTML reports,
> > - more thorough instrumentation, now including nested functions and
> or-patterns,
> > - improved compatibility with other PPX rewriters,
> > - an Ocamlbuild plugin,
> > - many bugfixes, and
> > - usage, performance, and documentation improvements.
> >
> >
> > Bisect_ppx was originally forked to update and maintain Bisect's PPX
> mode, with
> > the OCaml community moving to PPX. Bisect_ppx does not have Bisect's
> Camlp4
> > dependency. We do not believe that the original Bisect is being actively
> > maintained.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Anton & Leonid
> >
> >
> > P.S. If you are working on a project that uses Bisect_ppx, please let us
> know!
> >
> >
> > [1]: https://github.com/sagotch/ocveralls
> > [2]:
> https://coveralls.io/builds/4913198/source?filename=src%2Fsyntax%2FinstrumentPpx.ml
> >
> >
>
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