We are often asked if our static analyzer PVS-Studio can detect memory leaks. To avoid emailing the same text again and again, we decided to post a detailed answer in our blog. Yes, PVS-Studio...
Today's article is somewhat unusual, if only because instead of reviewing one project, we'll be comparing three projects at once, looking for the one with the most interesting bugs and - which is...
I continue to review the code of musical applications, and here is the first representative of commercial software. Reading the comments to the previous articles, I noticed the popularity of...
Ardour is so far the largest of musical projects involved in the review of code defects. The project includes about 1000 files of source code in C++. The project is actively maintained by...
My readers asked me to compare the projects 'Manticore' and 'Sphinx' in terms of code quality. I can do it only with my proven method by testing projects using PVS-Studio static analyzer and...
Programs for working with music have small amount of code and, initially, I doubted about the ability to find enough errors for articles. Anyway, I wanted to touch upon this theme, so I was ready...
I am really astonished by the capabilities of static code analysis even though I am one of the developers of PVS-Studio analyzer myself. The tool surprised me the other day as it turned out to...
C++ language is constantly evolving, and for us, as for developers of a static analyzer, it is important to track all its changes, in order to support all new features of the language. In this...
We are going on with our series of articles about defects in audio software. The second project that was picked for analysis is Audacity audio editor. This program is highly popular and widely...
Programming is a creative activity, that's why there are a lot of talented people with a peculiar hobby among the developers. Despite a popular belief, it is not always a programming (well, or...