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 30711-c92306d4b4) Lines: 1599 1779 89.9 %
Date: 2026-02-24 09:25:14 Functions: 88 91 96.7 %
Legend: Lines: hit not hit

Function Name Sort by function name Hit count Sort by hit count
L_compile_err 7
U_compile_err 7
access_push 115277
addcopy 270903
call0 28
cattovec 48560
checkdups 20682
closure_deriv 0
closure_derivn 112
closurefunc 10574
closuretoinl 0
compilecall 23305
compilecast 18600771
compilecast_loc 27768952
compileexport 41
compilefunc 10761606
compilefuncinline 20488
compilelambda 339
compilelocal 28
compilelvalue 1834
compilemat 9674
compilematcoeff 13554
compilemy 3420
compilenewptr 840
compilenode 52934048
compileseq 15088
compilesmall 30548149
compilestate_reset 452
compilestate_restore 56408
compilestate_save 1431156
compilestore 45865
compileunexport 6
compileuninline 6
compilevec 15459443
countlisttogen 52625991
countmatrixelts 427
countvar 3448
ctxmvar 9620
data_push 4804107
debug_context 0
detag 433862
fetch_member_raw 25263
first_safe_arg 21577242
frame_push 9191216
gcopyunclone 13995327
genclosure 9177167
genclosurectx 9166384
genctx 9181524
get_ret_type 21688411
getclosure 20240
getcodepos 10134895
getentry 365263
getfunc 21920758
getfunction 10134829
getlvalue 49482
getmvar 11129635
getvar 83655
getvardyn 131
gp_closure 936706
is_func_named 118330850
is_node_zero 4120
listtogen 52625991
localpush 70
localvars_find 7
localvars_read_str 10992
matchQ 8
matindex_type 15668
op_insert_loc 2975
op_push 115706958
op_push_loc 159668711
optimizecall 23312
optimizefunc 10756819
optimizemat 9674
optimizematcoeff 14548
optimizenode 62080333
optimizeseq 15088
optimizevec 15460675
pack_localvars 53
pari_close_compiler 371800
pari_init_compiler 373346
pari_translate_string 4
parseproto 154086161
push_frame 259
snm_closure 9164769
str_defproto 39
strntoGENexp 3822290
strtoclosure 1820
strtofunction 119
translate 3822294
var_push 65320
vec_optimize 15557153

Generated by: LCOV version 1.16