A Method for Detecting Faulty Code Violating Implicit Coding Rules

International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution (IWPSE)

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 15-

  Matsumura, Tomoko ^a   Monden, Akito ^a   Matsumoto, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Code inspection; Fault report; Legacy software; Pattern matching; Software maintenance

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CODING ERRORS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERROR DETECTION; LEGACY SYSTEMS; PATTERN MATCHING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

CODE INSPECTION; FAULT REPORT; LEGACY SOFTWARE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 1442352296     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/512035.512040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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