Token Comparison Approach to Detect Code Clone-related Bugs

Yii, YongLee; Hayase, Yasuhiro; Matsushita, Makoto et al.

電子情報通信学会技術研究報告. SS, ソフトウェアサイエンス, 2008, 107(505), 37-42

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Title
Token Comparison Approach to Detect Code Clone-related Bugs
Creator
CreatorName
Yii, YongLee
NRID
1000040423090 1000040423090
CreatorName
Hayase, Yasuhiro
NRID
1000060304028 1000060304028
ORCID
0000-0002-8014-4092 0000-0002-8014-4092
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makoto.matusita makoto.matusita
Scopus Author ID
7402125665 7402125665
CreatorName
Matsushita, Makoto
NRID
1000020168438 1000020168438
CreatorName
Inoue, Katsuro
Subject
Software Maintenance
Inconsistent Change
Code Clone-related Bug
Abstract
Large software tends to have a significant amount of similar code, commonly known as code clones. Often the code clones are introduced through copy-and-paste process for code reuse purpose where the pasted code usually will go through some modifications such as renaming of identifiers and changing of parameters. In this paper, we propose a method using token comparison approach to detect bugs caused by abovementioned modifications. Our method tokenizas detected clones and performs a comparison to find out inconsistencies between them. The inconsistencies are then ranked based on predefined metrics to produce a bug candidate list. We implemented our method and tested on open source software. Our tool has found real bugs from the test subject. We believe our tool is suitable to serve the purpose of detecting code clone-related bugs in large software.
Publisher
電子情報通信学会
The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
デンシ　ジョウホウ　ツウシン　ガッカイ
Source Title
電子情報通信学会技術研究報告. SS, ソフトウェアサイエンス
Volume (Issue)
107(505)
Page
37-42
Date of Issued
2008-02-25
Language
English
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/11094/26651
PISSN
09135685
NCID
AN10013287
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open access
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Copyright © 2008 IEICE
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学術雑誌論文 Journal Article