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"(No Name Available)" <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 20 Nov 1997 00:23:09 -0500
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I view Maintainability as covering more than the sum of the other
qualities listed.  Consider how amenable the design is to changes
in requirements which might reasonably be expected for the problem
domain.

Larry Kilgallen

[log in to unmask] (Keith Shillington) wrote:

>Try this:
>
>  Maintainability := ( Readability
>                       + Commentary
>                       + Standard_Conformance
>                       - Complexity
>                       - Missing_Error_Handling
>                       + Embedded_Testing_Information )
>                      / Semicolon_Line_Count;
>
>To the extent that you can quantify the other measures, maintainability is
>merely a direct function of them.  If a software module is readable, well
>commented, conforms to standards, lacks excess complexity, handles
>anticipated, expected, and unexpected errors well, expresses testability;
>it should be easy to maintain.
>
>
>At 09:39 PM 11/18/97 +0000, Angel Fern\andez Guerra wrote:
>>Hi ada activists,
>>
>>We are currently performing a code walkthrought (ada source code of
>>course). In the checklist we have an entry for maintainability along
>>with others like readability, conformance with coding standard, data
>>flow errors, testability, etc.
>>
>>We found some problems to decide whether a compilation unit passes or
>>fails on the maintainability topic. One option could be to evaluate the
>>complexity of the code using Mccabe, Haltstead, or/and Harrison figures.
>>In this way the problem is the establishment of the valid range for
>>these figures.
>>
>>If someone can enlighten me or provide any useful information, thanks a
>>lot.
>>
>>Angel Fern.ndez Guerra.
>>
>>
>Keith Shillington - [log in to unmask]
>Manager, Ada Customer Support
>
>
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