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:

• with GMP kernel
• with GMP kernel using --mt=pthread
• with native kernel, including micro-assembler code
• with native kernel, without micro-assembler
• with native kernel, without micro-assembler, disabling GCC extensions (DISABLE_INLINE)
• with GMP kernel, emulating an x86_32 architecture at Configure time via setarch

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 - gp Coverage Total Hit Test: PARI/GP v2.18.1 lcov report (development 31042-0fbe168e69) Lines: 50.1 % 696 349 Test Date: 2026-07-23 17:04:59 Functions: 45.9 % 61 28 Legend: Rating: low: < 75 % medium: >= 75 % high: >= 90 %

File	Line Coverage				Function Coverage
	Rate		Total	Hit	Rate	Total	Hit
emacs.c		0.0 %	4		0.0 %	1
texmacs.c		0.0 %	112		0.0 %	12
gp_rl.c		18.3 %	213	39	11.1 %	18	2
gp.c		83.0 %	335	278	85.7 %	28	24
whatnow.c		100.0 %	32	32	100.0 %	2	2

Generated by: LCOV version 2.0-1