Bugs 38840+39596: Coverage analysis and static analysis: Whats next ?

[John Smith]

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Michael Meeks <michael.meeks at suse.com> wrote:
>
>         Well - it's worth creating an easy hack so people can look at this
> stuff; also - I'm impressed by your work - I think you underestimate
> your ability to learn C++ :-)
>
Well I did just order O'Reilly's 'Head First Programming: A Learner's
Guide to Programming Using the Python Language', so perhaps Ill
finally get myself to learn how to code now. Ive been putting that off
for years now, as I really never did find a good book for complete
newbees that I was able to learn C from. Also - the neat HTML reports
are what makes it look impressive; remember I basically didnt have to
do much more than compile the sources and execute some scripts.


>
>         Of course, if you really don't want to look into / learn that; I had
> another idea that'd be great to get implemented:
>
>         https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39439
>
>         That is a webby / scripty / build-a-database-from-the-code type
> scripting task that would really help people get stuck into coding more
> quickly I think - any bites ? :-)
>
Oof... You call that one an 'EasyHack' ? Surely there must be some
software out there already that enables you to efficiently
search/browse a codebase and/or API / etc ? For example, doesnt
'doxygen' do what you want here ?



- John Smith