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 30674-be81ecfdd4) Lines: 1608 1779 90.4 %
Date: 2026-02-10 09:23:17 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 115236
addcopy 270709
call0 28
cattovec 48296
checkdups 20669
closure_deriv 0
closure_derivn 112
closurefunc 10531
closuretoinl 0
compilecall 23305
compilecast 18598965
compilecast_loc 27767187
compileexport 41
compilefunc 10760223
compilefuncinline 20486
compilelambda 339
compilelocal 28
compilelvalue 1834
compilemat 9667
compilematcoeff 13554
compilemy 3420
compilenewptr 840
compilenode 52931407
compileseq 15093
compilesmall 30547360
compilestate_reset 452
compilestate_restore 56395
compilestate_save 1430485
compilestore 45876
compileunexport 6
compileuninline 6
compilevec 15459324
countlisttogen 52622867
countmatrixelts 427
countvar 3448
ctxmvar 9606
data_push 4803999
debug_context 0
detag 433617
fetch_member_raw 25263
first_safe_arg 21574322
frame_push 9191207
gcopyunclone 13995222
genclosure 9177111
genclosurectx 9166390
genctx 9181535
get_ret_type 21685628
getclosure 20231
getcodepos 10134187
getentry 365010
getfunc 21917750
getfunction 10134151
getlvalue 49493
getmvar 11128070
getvar 83639
getvardyn 131
gp_closure 936029
is_func_named 118315602
is_node_zero 4113
listtogen 52622867
localpush 70
localvars_find 7
localvars_read_str 10992
matchQ 8
matindex_type 15668
op_insert_loc 2975
op_push 115704526
op_push_loc 159663052
optimizecall 23312
optimizefunc 10755403
optimizemat 9667
optimizematcoeff 14548
optimizenode 62077503
optimizeseq 15093
optimizevec 15460560
pack_localvars 53
pari_close_compiler 371215
pari_init_compiler 373294
pari_translate_string 4
parseproto 154073292
push_frame 259
snm_closure 9164763
str_defproto 95
strntoGENexp 3822191
strtoclosure 1820
strtofunction 119
translate 3822195
var_push 65300
vec_optimize 15556852

Generated by: LCOV version 1.16