cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/619886

As of version 3.42.0 (2023-05-16), the SQLite library consists of approximately 155.8 KSLOC of C code. (KSLOC means thousands of “Source Lines Of Code” or, in other words, lines of code excluding blank lines and comments.) By comparison, the project has 590 times as much test code and test scripts - 92053.1 KSLOC.

  • Four independently developed test harnesses
  • 100% branch test coverage in an as-deployed configuration
  • Millions and millions of test cases
  • Out-of-memory tests
  • I/O error tests
  • Crash and power loss tests
  • Fuzz tests
  • Boundary value tests
  • Disabled optimization tests
  • Regression tests
  • Malformed database tests
  • Extensive use of assert() and run-time checks
  • Valgrind analysis
  • Undefined behavior checks
  • Checklists

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  • lackthought@lemmy.sdf.orgMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    yeah good point, I’d probably be too afraid to be responsible for that code

    I should also say my 2,000 number was from a QA perspective only. Devs manage their own unit tests, but still the overall number is not that large in our department