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Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Gregg M Arquero, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Eli M. Dow, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Syed F. Hossain, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);

Joshua A. Schaeffer, White Plains, NY (US);

Yunli Tang, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/73 (2013.01); G06F 8/33 (2013.01); G06F 8/71 (2013.01); G06F 17/2211 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and computer program products for automatically identifying a comment change deficiency by a code editing component executed by a processor. The automatic identification of the comment changes includes determining whether one or more character changes exist between a first code version and a second code version and determining whether one or more logical changes exist between the first code version and the second code version. Note that the first code comment relates to the character or the logical changes within the first code version. Further, the automatic identification of the comment changes includes identifying the at least one comment related to the character or the logical changes and generating a notification including the at least one comment.


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