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Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023

Filed:

May. 24, 2019
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Augustus Tertzakian, Kirkland, WA (US);

Rajesh Gururaj, Redmond, WA (US);

Sergii Liashenko, Edmonds, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/3692 (2013.01); G06F 11/3612 (2013.01); G06F 11/3636 (2013.01); G06F 11/3688 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for objective code branch verification executes code branch annotations to assess developer-specified pass conditions for each code branch that are indicative of whether or not the code branch is functioning as originally intended by the author of the code. The method includes maintaining and dynamically updating both a counter value and a pass indicator status in association with each of multiple annotated code branches defined within a code body during execution of the code body. The counter value for each annotated code branch represents a number of times the annotated code branch has executed within a current run-time environment, and the pass indicator status indicates satisfaction or non-satisfaction of a pass condition identified within the code branch that is determined based on the counter value for the associated code branch.


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