Determining deltas in a spatial locality of a function call graph in a source controlled system

摘要

In and for software projects, arrangements for permitting a user to understand how the spatial locality of a function call may have changed with respect to any changes in a function definition. This permits an analysis of different workflows which use the same function, wherein the definition of the function may have changed. To the extent that there might be corresponding changes in the workflows which use such a function, the user will readily develop an idea of why some workflows changed and some did not. The invention method and apparatus determine and display deltas (changes) between different versions of a file where the function call occurs.

主权项

1. A computer method comprising:
in a digital processor: querying for a software function call towards determining spatial locality of the function call in one version of a source file; further querying for a scope of review of the function call; computing deltas in the spatial locality of the function call between different versions of the source file where the function call occurs, the differential versions including the one version; and displaying the computed deltas to the user; wherein the computed deltas are indicative of changes in usage of the function call, wherein the computed deltas are different from absence of occurrence of the function call in spatial locality in the different versions of the source file.