Understand’s Python API makes it a great platform for creating quick tools to explore exactly what you are interested in. In this case, I was curious if a default parameter was ever set to a non-default value or if a given parameter is always the same value. Check out these two custom interactive reports that show parameter values for each call.
Category: Developer Notes
Feasting on My Own Dog Food
Understand complements my primary editor, VS Code, rather than replacing it. It’s an essential part of my workflow for personal projects, especially when it comes to easily visualizing the underlying types of variables and functions. It’s the best of both worlds!
Data Flow
Our lead engineer uses Understand’s assign references to track data flow and hunt down a memory leak.
Optimizing Understand API scripts
Identifying which CodeCheck scripts are taking a long time and three functions that might be slowing down your custom API scripts.
In Case You Missed It…. It’s Time to get the Latest Version of Understand
Understand Version 6.2 is now available to download. Go check it out!
What Our Team is Working On…
We are always working to help you out. Take a look at what we’ve done this last month (January 2022).
CMake Compare Part 5: Author Awards
Analyzing how a CMake-based project has changed over time (Part 5 of 5). This article focuses on calculating statistics by author given Understand databases for many time points.
CMake Compare Part 4: Differences Trend Lines
Analyzing how a CMake-based project has changed over time (Part 4 of 5). This article focuses on creating a trendline of changes to avoid the artifacts caused by non-linear history.
CMake Compare Part 3: Violation Trends
Analyzing how a CMake-based project has changed over time (Part 3 of 5). This article focuses on creating a CodeCheck Violation trend line from multiple databases representing different time points in GitAhead.
CMake Compare Part 2: Automation
Analyzing how a CMake-based project has changed over time (Part 2 of 5). Using command-line tools to create hundreds of comparison databases and constructing a trend line of analysis errors over time