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Re:Stranger Strings: An exploitable flaw in SQLite by Macha on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @10:34AM (#33330990)
Yeah, coverage (or rather 100% - coverage) is basically a lower bound on what's not tested.
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Re:Stranger Strings: An exploitable flaw in SQLite by masklinn on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @10:51AM (#33331257)
Even "coverage" is not enough, what 100% coverage? Lines? Branches? Paths?
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Re:Stranger Strings: An exploitable flaw in SQLite by Macha on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @01:40PM (#33333764)
That's my point, coverage (whatever your chosen metric) can only prove the absence of tests, not their presence
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