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Q. A. ERROR WEIGHTING

Syntax:

Q[.]A[.] [INDEX] ERROR WEIGHTING [:] <integer> CODE QUALITY [INDEX] ERROR WEIGHTING [:] <integer>

Function:

When processing is complete, FPT reports an index of code quality. This is the number of anomalies detected per thousand lines of code - the "Millibug". The value reported is computed as:

1000 * (N_Warnings + Weight * N_Errors) / N_Lines

The command Q.A. ERROR WEIGHTING sets the term Weight, the weighting factor for errors.

In order to use this facility it is recommended that a standard set of checks is written in an FSP file which is used to audit the code. A typical report is shown below:

Diagnostic Summary
 
          Total diagnostics 7032       Highest severity    2
 
          Notes                          617
          Warnings                      4051
          Errors                        2364
 
Code Quality Index
 
          Error weighting                 10
          Total lines                 335115
          Index per 1000 lines        82.631

When FPT is run with the checks:

    % CHECK ALIGNMENT
    % CHECK ARGUMENTS
    % CHECK EQUIVALENCE
    % CHECK NAMES IN COMMON
    % CHECK PARAMETER VALUES
    % CHECK USAGE
    % Q.A. ERROR WEIGHTING : 10

a rating in excess of 10.0 is considered to be cause for concern.

Where to use this command:

Operating system command line	Yes
Configuration file, config.fsp	Yes
Specification (FSP) files, *.fsp	Yes
Interactively, to FPT> prompt:	Yes
Interactive command files	Yes
Embedded in the Fortran code	No