fpt: QA Error weighting

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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	No
Interactive command files	No
Embedded in the Fortran code	No

Default

CODE QUALITY ERROR WEIGHTING: 10