On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 12:19 AM, Robert O'Callahan <rob...@ocallahan.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 5:41 AM, Sylvestre Ledru <sylves...@mozilla.com> > wrote: > > > Any questions, comments? > > > > This whitepaper on Infer is an interesting read: > > https://fbcdn-dragon-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t39.2365-6/10935986_985284008163608_743666691_n/Moving_Fast_with_Software_Verification.pdf > (misleading title though). > (Apart from the comments about the tool, I like the observation that mobile > app development is a problem for Facebook compared to Web because they have > to support old versions of their app.) > One of the key things in that paper, which I've claimed for a while, is > that the real value of static analysis tools for developers like us is to > apply them at code review time. That's when developers are motivated to > clean up, explain, and fix their code, and when it's cheapest to do so. So > I'm looking forward to having support in Mozreview for automated drive-by > reviews, and then it would be really valuable to adapt these tools to do > such reviews --- at least as valuable as running them over the whole > codebase. We are actively working to integrate automatic review bots into MozReview. _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
