Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Donn S Terry

Jason Zions

Yue Yang

Mansi Rajkondawar

Nathaniel E Ayewah

Jeffrey L Copeland

David J Sielaff

Vincent C Smith

Sunny Chatterjee

In embodiments of determining relevant events in source code analysis, a computing device includes a key event manager that is implemented to traverse executable paths in source code of executable software instructions, log events along the executable paths in the source code, and determine a defect in the source code along an executable path in the source code. A state machine is implemented to traverse back through the logged events and determine relevant events that are associated with the defect in the source code. An analysis output of the relevant events can then be generated to indicate the defect in the source code and a cause of the defect.

Determining relevant events in source code analysis

A method and apparatus are disclosed for optimizing the runtime behavior of database or other applications by allowing selection of alternative code segments during linking of pre-compiled object modules. A macro-preprocessor inserts a declaration for a global variable in the source code in response to an occurrence of a command of interest. The linker selects object modules for executing other commands based on the presence or absence of the declaration for the global variable in the preprocessed source code. The method and apparatus are useful in implementing programming language statements including non-procedural programming languages such as the Embedded Structured Query Language (ESQL).

Linktime recognition of alternative implementations of programmed functionality

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Donn S Terry