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Re:Automatic bug-repair system fixes 10 times as many errors... by ChuckMcM on Saturday January 30, 2016 @01:17AM (#11000791)
A better question is how many bugs does it find by inspection. I could easily see this as a step in a code review where it has the chance to flag potentially buggy code prior to committing it.
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Re:Automatic bug-repair system fixes 10 times as many errors... by ryporter on Saturday January 30, 2016 @05:40AM (#11001407)
That's purely static analysis [1], a well-developed field with many existing tools across many languages. [2] One company, Coverity was purchased for $350 million. [3]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_program_analysis

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tools_for_static_code_...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coverity

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