Computer system having improved regression testing

Claim 3

The method of claim 1 wherein said inserting said first coverage point includes: editing said first source code version to insert said first coverage point, where said first coverage point includes a coverage point identifying statement.

Claim 4

The method of claim 1 wherein said first source code version includes a plurality of hardware description language statements and wherein said inserting said first coverage point into said first source code version includes: inserting said first coverage point into said plurality of hardware description language statements.

Claim 5

The method of claim 1 said computer system includes a first computer and a second computer, said first computer being different than said second computer, and wherein said method further comprises: said first computer compiling said first source code version into a first executable; and wherein said testing said first source code version of said computer program is performed by said second computer executing said first executable.

Claim 6

The method of claim 1 said computer system includes a first computer and a second computer, said first computer being different than said second computer, and wherein said method further comprises: said first computer compiling said first source code into a first executable; and wherein said testing said first source code version of said computer program is performed by said second computer executing said first executable.

Claim 7

The method of claim 1 wherein said first coverage point includes an output statement and wherein said testing said first source code version of said computer program includes: executing said output statement a first time resulting in a first coverage point indicator to be output to said first result.

Claim 8

The method of claim 6 wherein said executing said first source code version of said computer program includes: executing said output statement a second time and not resulting in a second coverage point indicator being output to said first result.

Claim 9

The method of claim 1 wherein said first statement is a function and wherein said inserting said first coverage point includes: inserting said first coverage point inside of said function.

Claim 10

The method of claim 1 wherein said first statement is a loop and wherein said inserting said first coverage point includes: inserting said first coverage point in front of said loop.

Claim 11

The method of claim 1 wherein said using said first result, generating said first tests subset of said plurality of tests that executed said first coverage point and tested said first statement includes: accessing said first result to generate a plurality of tests names, each test name of said plurality of tests names corresponding to a test of said plurality of tests that exercised said first statement.

Claim 12

A computer comprising: a memory for storing a source code version of a computer program having a plurality of statements and a plurality of coverage points, each coverage point of said plurality of coverage points corresponding to a statement of said plurality of statements, and a plurality of tests; and a processor for executing a regression test tool, said regression test tool having a computer program input and a regression tests results output and a test coverage output, said test coverage output identifying which tests of said plurality of tests executed which coverage points of said plurality of coverage points, and a test coverage tool having a test coverage input, a coverage point selection input, and a tests subset output, said tests subset output outputting a first tests subset to said regression test tool in response to receiving a first coverage point selection.

Claim 13

A computer comprising: a memory for storing a source code version of a computer program having a plurality of statements and a plurality of coverage points, each coverage point of said plurality of coverage points corresponding to a statement of said plurality of statements, and a plurality of tests; and a processor for executing a regression test tool, said regression test tool having a computer program input and a regression tests results output and a test coverage output, said test coverage output identifying which tests of said plurality of tests executed which coverage points of said plurality of coverage points, and a test coverage tool having a test coverage input, a coverage point selection input, and a tests subset output, said tests subset output outputting a first tests subset to said regression test tool in response to receiving a first coverage point selection.