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 - eval.c (source / functions) Hit Total Coverage
Test: PARI/GP v2.18.1 lcov report (development 30387-12623f1693) Lines: 1300 1889 68.8 %
Date: 2025-07-11 09:22:46 Functions: 116 154 75.3 %
Legend: Lines: hit not hit

Function Name Sort by function name Hit count Sort by hit count
bincopy_relink 0
closure_callgenvecprec 0
closure_callvoid1 0
closure_disassemble 0
closure_relink 0
closure_unlink 0
disassemble_cast 0
err_var 0
evalstate_clone 0
gen_relink 0
gp_callvoid 0
hash_from_link 0
lvar_make_safe 0
negcmp 0
opcode_need_relink 0
parfor_init 0
parfor_next 0
parfor_stop 0
parforeach_init 0
parforeach_next 0
parforeach_stop 0
parforiter_init 0
parforiter_next 0
parforiter_stop 0
parforprime_init 0
parforprime_next 0
parforprime_stop 0
parforprimestep_init 0
parforstep_init 0
parforstep_next 0
parforstep_stop 0
parforvec_init 0
parforvec_next 0
parforvec_stop 0
safeel 0
safegcoeff 0
safegel 0
safelistel 0
pareval 6
closure_callgen0 7
parforeach 7
parforeach0 7
parforprimestep0 7
closure_callgenall 12
copybin_unlink 12
pareval_worker 12
parforprime 13
parforprime0 13
getlocalprec 14
zerovalue 14
gen_unlink 16
evalstate_set_trace 18
parforprimestep 20
get_arg_name 21
parvector 31
parforstep 39
parforstep0 39
parforvec 39
parforvec0 39
pari_self 41
bitprecision0 42
precision0 42
pushvalue 42
closure_context 91
gp_call2 91
closure_callgen0prec 168
closure_evalbrk 175
get_next_label 245
closure_callgenvecdef 336
closure_callgenvecdefprec 336
parfor 346
parfor0 346
evalstate_reset 445
setreflex 504
parvector_worker 628
_bitprecision0 676
bitprecision00 718
_precision0 1246
precision00 1288
parsum 2062
localbitprec 3345
getlocalbitprec 3346
closure_castlong 5873
parsum_slice_worker 7514
localprec 7847
gp_evalvoid2 8440
parfor_worker 9608
checkprec 11183
_prec 11276
closure_err 12916
closure_func_err 13620
pop_val 18726
new_val_cell 19174
gp_evalprec 20804
gp_callprec 23478
next0 25853
freeep 36049
return0 40891
get_and_reset_break 41659
evalstate_restore_err 43250
evalstate_restore 56325
closure_callgen2 67073
break0 70358
closure_callgen1prec 76681
reset_break 98429
pop_localprec 99060
push_localprec 99109
gp_call 112274
pari_close_evaluator 338414
pari_init_evaluator 343137
pop_val_if_newer 421780
push_localbitprec 451489
copyvalue 746851
gp_callbool 872130
closure_evalres 934846
evalstate_get_trace 990342
closure_varn 1139177
evalstate_save 1429728
gp_evalupto 2052391
gp_evalvoid 3693816
closure_callgenvec 4657925
pop_lex 5603490
restore_trace 5659815
push_lex 5770839
closure_callgen1 9649347
change_compo 9701419
copylex 9790697
ptr_proplock 9906323
closure_returnupto 14451180
get_localprec 21912432
get_localbitprec 22282701
checkvalueptr 23308355
gp_evalbool 26165055
changevalue 29489796
closure_evalgen 34050582
gp_eval 39688472
copyupto 42242518
closure_return 50830870
new_ptr 58684529
pushlex 63478164
closure_evalnobrk 76016492
set_lex 83219743
closure_castgen 92918437
check_array_index 106154124
get_lex 106230709
checkvalue 123300224
loop_break 153179856
closure_evalvoid 159717948
changelex 161846621
freelex 184301494
closure_eval 320623960
restore_vars 320635515
trace_push 326140326
st_alloc 3008120540

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