being a user of PCLINT for some years now (private and professional), I was thinking whether some static analysis tool could help our company to spot issues like 32 vs. 64bit discrepancies and - more ...

PRQA | Programming Research, a global leader in static analysis, announces a major upgrade to QA++. Version 3.2 is the most recent release of this static analysis tool for C++ environments and ...

Why you want to use MISRA C. What support IAR Embedded Workbench and C-STAT has for MISRA C. Issues related to static analysis. In addition, there’s the CERT C/C++ Secure Coding Standard published by ...

Recently, a number of tools for automated code scanning came in the limelight. Due to the significant costs associated with incorporating such a tool in the software lifecycle, it is important to know ...

One of the problems with a standard C compiler is that it doesn’t look for potential flaws in a program's design, only in its coding. The use of a static code analyzer can help to improve firmware and ...

Of course, the original quote is from the 1948 movie, The Treasure of Sierra Madre, and has been famously parodied over the years, memorably in the comedy classic Blazing Saddles. But we are not here ...

When thinking about loops in programming languages, they often get simplified down to a conditions section and a body, but this belies the dizzying complexity that emerges when considering loop edge ...

Facebook has released as open source a code analyzer tool, typically called a linter, that can work with the latest version of the C++ language, C++11. The internally developed debugger, called Flint, ...

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One of the best ways to protect your software project from avoidable bugs is the use of Java static code analysis tools. These tools can help identify and fix problematic code before it reaches ...