I create the PVS-Studio analyzer detecting errors in source code of C/C++/C++0x software. So I have to review a large amount of source code of various applications where we detected suspicious...
While testing the general analyzer included into PVS-Studio 4.00, we checked several open-source projects from the CodeProject site. One of those was Ultimate ToolBox.
I develop the PVS-Studio static code analyzer intended for analyzing C/C++ software. After we implemented general analysis in PVS-Studio 4.00, we received a lot of responses, both positive...
Compilers and third-party static code analyzers have one common task: to detect dangerous code fragments. However, there is a great difference in the types of analysis performed by each kind of...
The today's post is devoted to the question why tools of static source code analysis are helpful regardless of programmer's knowledge and skill. I will demonstrate the benefit of static analysis...
As you know, the byte order in integer numbers which are represented by more than one byte may be different on different computers. There are computer systems where the most significant byte of...
In Visual Studio C++ compiler, there is the warning C4311 ('variable' : pointer truncation from 'type' to 'type') intended to detect errors of casting a pointer to 32-bit data types. This...
While telling programmers about 64-bit issues they may encounter when porting their programs, I often hear reproaches: "Yes, surely - such is your Windows... How good it is that Linux has had...
A developer who is porting his Windows-application to the 64-bit platform sent a letter to our support service with a question about using floating-point calculations. By his permission we...
