Po-man's code coverage for HP 48, 50g, etc.
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05-07-2014, 05:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-08-2014 01:03 PM by HP67.)
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Po-man's code coverage for HP 48, 50g, etc.
I had a relatively complicated CASE statement at the end of some calculations and I didn't have test cases that I knew would drive each case condition. I realized if I just started testing I didn't have a good way to see if each case was exercised.
Instead of the usual display statement I decided to use the user flags since the 48 has 64 and the 50g has 128, plenty for my purposes. First I wrote a small RPL program to clear all the user flags with a FOR NEXT loop. I realize you can whip up two flag words with one of them cleared and just STOF or even save and restore the flags in a variable, but this little piece of code is just as simple to use since the calculator displays the VARS and you just hit a soft menu button. Chef's choice. Then I added code to set the flag as part of each case THEN clause. 1 SF for the first condition, 2 SF for the second, etc. Next I wrote a small program to run through the user flags and display the number of each flag that was set. Finally I tested my program with a bunch of data and after each test I ran my display program. When all the flags were set I knew I had covered all the code in the CASE statement. I like using flags for testing and code coverage because unlike display statements they don't affect the stack and can be left in "production" code. The 48 even displays the first 5 in the annunciator area which is really great. I thought the 50g did that too but in my testing I didn't see any change in the display. I know there are some real heavy-duty RPL and assembly developers on the forums but I haven't seen debugging articles or info. So I hope somebody finds this useful. It ain't OVER 'till it's 2 PICK |
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Po-man's code coverage for HP 48, 50g, etc. - HP67 - 05-07-2014 05:38 PM
RE: Po-man's code coverage for HP 48, 50g, etc. - Marcus von Cube - 05-13-2014, 11:07 PM
RE: Po-man's code coverage for HP 48, 50g, etc. - HP67 - 05-14-2014, 06:01 AM
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