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Method of ranking messages generated in a computer system

  • US 6,782,530 B1
  • Filed: 04/05/1999
  • Issued: 08/24/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/05/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of reporting defect messages, comprising:

  • receiving a plurality of defect messages providing information about a computer program;

    automatically ranking the defect messages according to a set of criteria including whether a defect message includes an invalid pointer, the number of program lines involved to generate the defect message, whether a defect message involves an inference and whether a defect message refers to multiple functions.

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