DocumentCode :
555393
Title :
Identifying opaque behavioural changes
Author :
Holmes, Reid ; Notkin, David
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
fYear :
2011
fDate :
21-28 May 2011
Firstpage :
995
Lastpage :
997
Abstract :
Developers modify their systems by changing source code, updating test suites, and altering their system´s execution context. When they make these modifications, they have an understanding of the behavioural changes they expect to happen when the system is executed; when the system does not conform to their expectations, developers try to ensure their modification did not introduce some unexpected or undesirable behavioural change. We present an approach that integrates with existing continuous integration systems to help developers identify situations whereby their changes may have introduced unexpected behavioural consequences. In this research demonstration, we show how our approach can help developers identify and investigate unanticipated behavioural changes.
Keywords :
program testing; continuous integration systems; opaque behavioural change identification; source code; test suites updating; Computer languages; Concrete; Educational institutions; Periodic structures; Programming; Software engineering; dynamic analysis; impact analysis; research demonstration; static analysis; unexpected behavioural change;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering (ICSE), 2011 33rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
ISSN :
0270-5257
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4503-0445-0
Electronic_ISBN :
0270-5257
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1145/1985793.1985972
Filename :
6032572
Link To Document :
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