1 day ago11 years of debate: Do expert developers make silly mistakes?The “PVS-Studio and RPCS3: the best warnings in one click” article provoked a debate. Here’s what people say in comments: Reader: This article shows that a static analyzer will be useless for expert developers. My reply: Myths about static analysis. The second myth is that expert developers do not make…Programming2 min readProgramming2 min read
Oct 260,1,2, Freddy came for BlenderThis article could have been named “How PVS-Studio prevents rash code changes, example N7”. However, naming articles like that becomes boring. So today Freddy Krueger’s name is in the title, and you’ll find out why. We’re all people, we all make mistakes. Especially when we are in a hurry. Programming…C Programming3 min readC Programming3 min read
Oct 1Who’s up for talking about projects, researches or something else?The PVS-Studio team publishes many articles devoted to the analysis of open-source projects, code quality, and subtleties of programming languages. However, we want to diversify our blog. I realized that it’s been a while since our team collaborated with other authors to write articles. …Programming2 min readProgramming2 min read
Aug 11Quiz: How good are you at C# code review?As I’ve noticed from my own experience, C# developers are less likely to have occasional mistakes in code, than C++ and C developers. C# protects developers from such mistakes more than, for example, C++ and certainly more than C. But, any C# developers can make a simple typo, or misuse…Visual Studio2 min readVisual Studio2 min read
Jul 19How warnings simplify your codeWhen an analyzer or compiler issues a warning, sometimes it’s hard to identify whether it’s a false positive or a real error. Analyzers/compilers can be technically right, but the code also works correctly. What to do? Perhaps that’s a reason to make the code more concise. All static code analyzers…C Programming5 min readC Programming5 min read
Jul 6PVS-Studio to help with schoolwork-like tasks in C and C++Today I’ll talk some more about questions posted on Stack Overflow — in particular, about another discussion started by someone learning the C++ language. I’d like to note that, if you are just learning to code, PVS-Studio can be of great help. …Learning3 min readLearning3 min read
Jun 29Challenge: can you spot an error in C++ code?PVS-Studio developers made an entertaining quiz for you. Try to quickly find a bug in a code fragment. If you spot an error — click on it. Code analyzers restlessly search for errors. They can find even those that are hard to notice. We chose several code fragments in which…Programming2 min readProgramming2 min read
Jun 28“Why doesn’t my code work?” — to anyone learning the art of programming and writing to the Stack Overflow communityStack Overflow is full of questions from people learning to write code. Here’s a tip: you can get answers to most of these questions if you run a static code analyzer against your code. That’s so much faster! A few days ago I was browsing Stack Overflow and stumbled upon…Pvs Studio4 min readPvs Studio4 min read
Jun 15Entertaining theory and practice for C++ programmersHello, C++ developers! You are serious and tough. But I know entertainment and humor are not alien to you. That’s why today I’m sharing a couple of cool links here. First, I wrote an “anti-article”. I always write about how to perfect C++ code. But this time I’m on the…Programming1 min readProgramming1 min read
May 26How PVS-Studio prevents rash code changes, example N5The PVS-Studio static analyzer encompasses the symbolic execution mechanism. And today we have a great opportunity to demonstrate how this feature helps find errors. Our system regularly monitors the Blender project and emails me a daily report about potential errors in new or changed code. I don’t write a note…Programming3 min readProgramming3 min read
