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Re: [0/27] RFC: fix reports from the CPython checker


> From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:13:51 -0600
> 
> The Python plugin for GCC comes with an analyzer that checks the usage
> of the CPython API:
> 
> https://gcc-python-plugin.readthedocs.org/en/latest/cpychecker.html
> 
> I ran this checker on gdb and fixed a number of bugs that it pointed
> out.
> 
> Unfortunately the checker still has a large number of false reports.
> Some of these are due to oddities in gdb -- cleanups mostly -- but some
> are bugs in the checker itself.  I've filed bug reports against the
> checker (and fixed some bugs as well); and will file more later.
> 
> I built and regtested this series on x86-64 Fedora 18.
> 
> I think most of the patches are pretty obvious.
> 
> I intend to run the checker periodically and fix problems.

Would it be a good idea to run it automatically by ARI?


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