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@@ -917,6 +917,26 @@ libraries. The Makefile/Setup mechanism can be used to compile and link most extension modules statically. +Coverage checking +----------------- + +For C coverage checking using gcov, run "make coverage". This will +build a Python binary with profiling activated, and a ".gcno" and +".gcda" file for every source file compiled with that option. With +the built binary, now run the code whose coverage you want to check. +Then, you can see coverage statistics for each individual source file +by running gcov, e.g. + + gcov -o Modules zlibmodule + +This will create a "zlibmodule.c.gcov" file in the current directory +containing coverage info for that source file. + +This works only for source files statically compiled into the +executable; use the Makefile/Setup mechanism to compile and link +extension modules you want to coverage-check statically. + + Testing ------- |