Tracking Code Clones in Evolving Software
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Code clones are generally considered harmful in software development, and the predominant approach is to try to eliminate them through refactoring. However, recent research has provided evidence that it may not always be practical, feasible, or cost-effective to eliminate certain clone groups. We propose a technique for tracking clones in evolving software. Our technique relies on the concept of abstract clone region descriptors (CRD), which describe clone regions within methods in a robust way that is independent from the exact text of the clone region or its location in a file. We present our definition of CRDs, and describe a complete clone tracking system capable of producing CRDs from the output of a clone detection tool, notify developers of modifications to clone regions, and support the simultaneous editing of clone regions. We report on two experiments and a case study conducted to assess the performance and usefulness of our approach.
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MCIDiff and CloneTracker consider the possible set of clones, show the length and the number of instances of all code clones, not just nearby ones, to help the developer predict E(Cw) of handling any or all of these clones.
“These two clone-tracking tools consider the possible set of clones, show the length and the number of instances of all code clones, not just nearby ones, to help the developer predict E(C w ) of handing any or all of these clones.”
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- Authors
- Duala-Ekoko, E., & Robillard, M. P.
- Affiliations
- McGill University (CA)
- ORCID
- Robillard, Martin P.
- Venue
- 29th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE'07)
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Published
- 2007-05
- Pages
- 158-167
- ISSN
- 0270-5257 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2145544369
- Cited by
- 222
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 16.47
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings (ICSE-Companion) (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Software Engineering Research
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
- Keywords
- code clones, clone detection, evolving software, software maintenance, refactoring
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