Automated and heuristically managed solution to quantify CPU and path length cost of instructions added, changed or removed by a service team
US9552202B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 8, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/245
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system, and computer program product for qualifying changes to an instruction set in source code. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for quantifying changes to an instruction set in source code can be provided. The method can include receiving text in a code editor as an edit to source code of a computer program querying a data store of code change costs with at least a portion of the edit. The method additionally can include retrieving in response to the query a code change cost associated with the edit. Finally, the method can include displaying in the code editor the retrieved code change cost.
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