We need to measure test coverage (branch/statement/function) of C++
programs at runtime (not at unit-test level)

   probably needs to be instrumentation-based

   please suggest tools that may be useful

   UNIX/Linux platforms 


    thanks 


     Mark

Hello I have used PureCoverage in the past on variety of platforms. The
tool seemed to be reasonable. You instrument the program and it builds
database during runtime that you can later analyze. It displays
coverage results by files then you can drill down to functions and
individual lines to find out which parts had been missed during testing
and need to be worked upon .My experience is that lots of code related
to handling different exceptional conditions can hardly be covered by
functional tests.

It seems PureCoverage has been merged into IBM Rational PurifyPlus.
You can get trial version to check out if the product is up to
expectations from:
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/purifyplus/unix/



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