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 30634-7c77b4d1a9) Lines: 1303 1893 68.8 %
Date: 2026-01-26 09:23:16 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 452
setreflex 504
parvector_worker 628
_bitprecision0 676
bitprecision00 718
_precision0 1246
precision00 1288
parsum 2062
localbitprec 3359
getlocalbitprec 3416
closure_castlong 5873
parsum_slice_worker 7515
localprec 7847
gp_evalvoid2 8456
parfor_worker 9620
checkprec 11197
_prec 11290
closure_err 12965
closure_func_err 13683
pop_val 18859
new_val_cell 19307
gp_evalprec 20734
gp_callprec 23478
next0 25853
freeep 36189
return0 40898
get_and_reset_break 41666
evalstate_restore_err 43243
evalstate_restore 56367
closure_callgen2 67073
break0 70358
closure_callgen1prec 76681
reset_break 98485
pop_localprec 98990
push_localprec 99039
gp_call 112274
pari_close_evaluator 368198
pari_init_evaluator 373179
pop_val_if_newer 424629
push_localbitprec 481453
copyvalue 746851
gp_callbool 872130
closure_evalres 935721
evalstate_get_trace 1039899
closure_varn 1139177
evalstate_save 1430351
gp_evalupto 2052972
gp_evalvoid 4146639
closure_callgenvec 5194664
pop_lex 5606077
restore_trace 5662443
push_lex 5773450
closure_callgen1 9612349
change_compo 9701419
copylex 9790697
ptr_proplock 9906323
closure_returnupto 14950886
get_localprec 22379077
get_localbitprec 22779664
checkvalueptr 23308355
gp_evalbool 26166231
changevalue 29490167
closure_evalgen 34050770
gp_eval 39692084
closure_return 51346700
new_ptr 58685663
pushlex 63503729
copyupto 75442007
closure_evalnobrk 76028294
set_lex 83677760
closure_castgen 93834098
get_lex 105885612
check_array_index 107069791
checkvalue 123782783
loop_break 153296868
closure_evalvoid 160161603
changelex 162345563
freelex 186363771
closure_eval 321599293
restore_vars 321659265
trace_push 327160790
st_alloc 3100769046

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