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mholt on Dec 14, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Remote code execution vulnerability in SQLite

This is exactly why I don't find code coverage tools useful. Now, a tool that can show what the tests assert against? THAT would be useful.

haney on Dec 14, 2018 | [–]

What you’re describing sounds very similar to “mutation” testing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation_testing

nedbat on Dec 15, 2018 | [–]

That would be interesting. In what form would you express the result?

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