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Gcov

Code coverage tool distributed with GCC

Tool overview

gcov is a test coverage program distributed with GCC. Used together with programs compiled with coverage instrumentation, it reports how often each line of code executes and which branches are taken, to identify untested code and guide optimisation. Tools such as lcov and gcovr produce HTML reports from gcov data.

gcov is part of the GNU Compiler Collection and is distributed under the GNU GPL.

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Source & attribution

Original contributor
Jean-Baptiste CROUIGNEAU
External references
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Gcov.html