code redundancy check utility

[Rashid-Malik]

Here is an instruction I received from my senior;

Unnecessary Code

1. Avoid making multiple copies and leave unused code on disk
2. Use code redundancy check utility

Where can I find "Code redundancy check utility"? Does it exist?

Thanks for your time!

[smercurio_fc]

I'd like to know what that has to do with unused code. Perhaps your senior can explain that.

A code redundancy check utility is just a generic utility that does a ... code reduncancy check on a file. It's not actually checking the "code". It is typically used to check for dropped bits in a tranmission or to check for unexpected changes to files. For example, sometimes when you download a file from the net a CRC value is provided. After you get the file you can run this utility on the file you just got and verify you get the same CRC. If you do, then you know the file is OK. Like I said, I have no idea what that has to do with unused code.

[Sappster]

You might be interested in the VI Analyzer toolkit.  With this toolkit, you can:

• Automate code quality inspection for any LabVIEW VI
• Reduce debugging time by linking to code in a VI for each recommendation
• Generate reports automatically for documenting each analysis

you can find more information about it here: http://www.ni.com/toolkits/vi_analyzer.htm

As for the code redundancy checker, we don't have a utility that will do this specifically.

Thanks,

Mark Sapp
Application Engineer

[Rashid-Malik]

Thanks Mark_S. for the help. I know about VI Analyzer (must say its a great tool). I thought maybe the above utility existed (and somebody knew about it). Anyway, thanks!