Re:Ask HN: Why the Linux Kernel doesn't have unit tests?
by JonChesterfield on Friday November 25, 2022 @11:00AM
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> tests the compiled object code, not the source code
That's not something you see called out very often. Correct code fed to a broken compiler can definitely give you a broken binary. Likewise a correct binary will pass on a correct simulator and may fail on broken hardware.
That's not something you see called out very often. Correct code fed to a broken compiler can definitely give you a broken binary. Likewise a correct binary will pass on a correct simulator and may fail on broken hardware.