Method and system for automatically checking computer source code quality based on rules
US5860011A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 29, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 29, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for automatically checking the quality of computer source code based on rules for identifying quality concerns. The computer source code comprises instructions for execution on the computer. Each of the instructions are represented by at least one node stored in a parse tree. Both the parse tree and the rules are stored in the computer. A violation of one of the rules is checked by examining each of the instructions as represented by nodes in the parse tree. An error message for describing the quality concern identified is generated whenever such a rule violation is found in the computer source code.
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