Code coverage tests

This page documents the degree to which the PARI/GP source code is tested by our public test suite, distributed with the source distribution in directory src/test/. This is measured by the gcov utility; we then process gcov output using the lcov frond-end.

We test a few variants depending on Configure flags on the pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr machine (x86_64 architecture), and agregate them in the final report:

The target is to exceed 90% coverage for all mathematical modules (given that branches depending on DEBUGLEVEL or DEBUGMEM are not covered). This script is run to produce the results below.

LCOV - code coverage report
Current view: top level - language - compile.c (source / functions) Hit Total Coverage
Test: PARI/GP v2.18.1 lcov report (development 30657-d14c2a9e4e) Lines: 1608 1779 90.4 %
Date: 2026-01-30 09:23:18 Functions: 88 91 96.7 %
Legend: Lines: hit not hit

Function Name Sort by function name Hit count Sort by hit count
closure_deriv 0
closuretoinl 0
debug_context 0
pari_translate_string 4
compileunexport 6
compileuninline 6
L_compile_err 7
U_compile_err 7
localvars_find 7
matchQ 8
call0 28
compilelocal 28
compileexport 41
pack_localvars 53
localpush 70
str_defproto 95
closure_derivn 112
strtofunction 119
getvardyn 131
push_frame 259
compilelambda 339
countmatrixelts 427
compilestate_reset 452
compilenewptr 840
strtoclosure 1820
compilelvalue 1834
op_insert_loc 2975
compilemy 3420
countvar 3448
is_node_zero 4113
ctxmvar 9599
compilemat 9667
optimizemat 9667
closurefunc 10524
localvars_read_str 10992
compilematcoeff 13540
optimizematcoeff 14534
compileseq 15037
optimizeseq 15037
matindex_type 15654
getclosure 20231
compilefuncinline 20486
checkdups 20669
compilecall 23305
optimizecall 23312
fetch_member_raw 25263
compilestore 45750
cattovec 48296
getlvalue 49367
compilestate_restore 56395
var_push 65300
getvar 83513
access_push 115236
addcopy 270492
getentry 364660
pari_close_compiler 371029
pari_init_compiler 373152
detag 433134
gp_closure 935945
compilestate_save 1430378
strntoGENexp 3822191
translate 3822195
data_push 4803299
snm_closure 9164749
genclosurectx 9166367
genclosure 9177098
genctx 9181490
frame_push 9191156
getfunction 10134019
getcodepos 10134079
optimizefunc 10754703
compilefunc 10759523
getmvar 11127027
gcopyunclone 13994482
compilevec 15459275
optimizevec 15460504
vec_optimize 15556761
compilecast 18597880
first_safe_arg 21572908
get_ret_type 21684248
getfunc 21916007
compilecast_loc 27766051
compilesmall 30547059
countlisttogen 52621229
listtogen 52621229
compilenode 52929251
optimizenode 62075144
op_push 115702097
is_func_named 118307902
parseproto 154069375
op_push_loc 159659771

Generated by: LCOV version 1.16