Increase code coverage of frontend/pbc_dump/packdump.c to at least 75%
completed by: Fernando Brito
mentors: James E Keenan
Task Description
Increase the code coverage of the pbc_dump utility to at least 75%
Steps To Complete This Task
Currently, the frontend/pbc_dump/packdump.c file is at 50% code coverage. This task requires the student to write tests to increase the code coverage. The tests should be added to t/tools/pbc_dump.t
- Create a fork of parrot.git on github.com
- Perform all the necessary code and/or documentation changes
- Build parrot and run it's test suite (make fulltest) to verify that things still work
- You can also submit a smoke report with "make smoke", but that is optional.
- Create a Github pull request (button on the upper right of your fork) to have your changes incorporated into the master repository
Requirements
- Knowledge of writing tests and PIR
- Abillity to debug.