[Vorbis-dev] Coverity and libvorbis

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

Ralph Giles wrote:

> > The reason I am keen to see Xiph take up this challenge is that when
> > all projects listed on the above page address the issues listed,
> > all of the projects can move to the next rung where more of the
> > Coverity tests are enabled.
> 
> Everquest for developers!

Yes, but their first levelof testing found 3 genuine bugs in
libsndfile even though I compile everything with a huge number
of warning flags turned on *and* have a huge test suite.

Static analysis can find bugs that other methods cannot.

> Have you taken a look at the libvorbis bugs?

Sorry, I don't have access to them. They only provide access to
people who are directly connected to the project.

Erik
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