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A lot of the code coverage issues reported are in helper debug functions; including these makes our numbers look a fair bit worse for code that's realistically not part of the production build.

While this is a mechanical change, this is also a fairly invasive change, so I want to get feedback on it before proceeding with a merge.

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    • Updated coverage reporting to exclude generated data and debug-only code, helping keep coverage results focused on application code. No runtime behavior or user-facing functionality changed.

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This change adds GCOVR exclusion markers around debug-only code across src/, including diagnostics, logging, allocation counters, declarations, initialization, and PCH bookkeeping. It also excludes generated data files from Codecov reporting. Runtime behavior and public declarations remain unchanged.

Changes: Coverage exclusion annotations

Layer / File(s) Summary
Debug-only compiler code
src/*
Existing debug output, counters, diagnostics, helper routines, declarations, macros, and initialization blocks are enclosed by GCOVR_EXCL_START and GCOVR_EXCL_STOP markers.
Generated-file coverage configuration
.github/codecov.yml
Codecov now ignores generated IFC files and generated Unicode and builtin data tables.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Suggested reviewers: darkarc, jhsedg, daveedvdv

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 19493

This change is meant to affect only coverage reporting. However, one exclusion marker in src/expr.c was placed inside an existing documentation comment, which breaks the comment and stops the compiler build. The build fails until both markers are removed from that comment. The rest of the coverage annotations appear safe.

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Title check Passed The title "RFC: Code cov exclude debug []" is partially related to the changeset. The change adds GCOVR_EXCL_START/GCOVR_EXCL_STOP markers around debug-only code and excludes generated IFC and Unicode…
Docstring Coverage Passed Docstring coverage is 85.98% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 107 functions across 37 files. (69 skipped:…
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The title "RFC: Code cov exclude debug []" is partially related to the changeset. The change adds GCOVR_EXCL_START/GCOVR_EXCL_STOP markers around debug-only code and excludes generated IFC and Unicode data files from Codecov in .github/codecov.yml. The title names the debug-code exclusion, which is the main part of the change. It omits the generated-file exclusion. The trailing "[]" and the "RFC:" prefix add noise, and "Code cov" is an unusual spelling of Codecov.

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Docstring coverage is 85.98% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 107 functions across 37 files. (69 skipped: 1 unsupported, 13 too large, 55 over the file limit.)

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- Line 20390: Remove the GCOVR_EXCL_START and GCOVR_EXCL_STOP markers
surrounding the #if DEBUG and dbprint example in the documentation comment so
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not evaluated. This is used for disabled debug functions, e.g.,

#if DEBUG
/* GCOVR_EXCL_START */

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔴 Critical | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the exclusion markers from the documentation comment.

The #if DEBUG and #define dbprint text is inside an existing block comment. The added /* GCOVR_EXCL_START */ marker creates a nested comment. The stop marker then closes the surrounding comment. The compiler parses the example text as source code, which causes the unmatched #endif and prevents all builds from completing.

Remove both markers. If the real dbprint definition needs exclusion, annotate that definition outside the documentation comment.

Proposed fix
 #if DEBUG
-  /* GCOVR_EXCL_START */
   #define dbprint printf
-  /* GCOVR_EXCL_STOP */
 #else

Also applies to: 20392-20392

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🪛 GitHub Actions: Build & Test CI / 5_Build linux-i686-gcc-debug.txt

[warning] 20390-20390: g++ warning: '/*' within comment (-Wcomment).

🪛 GitHub Actions: Build & Test CI / 6_Build linux-gcc-debug.txt

[warning] 20390-20390: GCC emitted a -Wcomment warning: '/*' within comment.

🪛 GitHub Actions: Build & Test CI / 7_Benchmark linux-gcc-release.txt

[warning] 20390-20390: GCC reported /* within a comment (-Wcomment).

🪛 GitHub Actions: Build & Test CI / Benchmark linux-gcc-release

[warning] 20390-20390: G++ warning: '/*' within comment (-Wcomment) while building with cmake --build build/gcc-release --target cpfe cpfe-cp.

🪛 GitHub Actions: Build & Test CI / Build linux-gcc-debug

[warning] 20390-20390: G++ warning: '/*' within comment (-Wcomment) during cmake --build build/gcc.

🪛 GitHub Actions: Build & Test CI / Build linux-i686-gcc-debug

[warning] 20390-20390: GCC reported a comment warning: '/*' within comment (-Wcomment).

🪛 GitHub Actions: Strict Build Check / 0_Linux GCC release.txt

[error] 20390-20399: Build failed during cmake --build build/gcc-release: GCC reported a comment parsing error ('/*' within comment, treated as an error by -Werror), followed by syntax errors around dbprint and the text This is allowed in both Microsoft C and C++ modes.

🪛 GitHub Actions: Strict Build Check / 3_Linux GCC debug.txt

[error] 20390-20446: The cmake --build build/gcc build failed while compiling src/expr.c. GCC reported a /* within a comment treated as an error, followed by an unmatched #endif and syntax errors (expected initializer before 'printf' and `'This' does not name a type).

🪛 GitHub Actions: Strict Build Check / 4_Linux Clang debug.txt

[error] 20390-20446: Compilation failed during cmake --build build/clang. Clang reported a nested /* within a block comment at line 20390, followed by cascading parse errors, including expected function body, unknown type name 'This', and #endif without #if.

🪛 GitHub Actions: Strict Build Check / Linux Clang debug

[error] 20390-20446: Build failed during cmake --build build/clang: Clang reports a nested /* in a block comment (-Wcomment, treated as an error), followed by parse errors and an unmatched #endif. The resulting parse error also causes downstream shadowing errors.

🪛 GitHub Actions: Strict Build Check / Linux GCC debug

[error] 20390-20446: Build failed during 'cmake --build build/gcc'. g++ reported a comment containing '/*' with -Werror=comment, '#endif' without a matching '#if', an expected initializer before 'printf', and 'This' does not name a type.

🪛 GitHub Actions: Strict Build Check / Linux GCC release

[error] 20390-20399: 'cmake --build build/gcc-release' failed while compiling src/expr.c. GCC reported a comment containing '/*' within another comment (-Werror=comment), followed by parsing errors including an unmatched #endif and unexpected text.

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Review comment at @src/expr.c at line 20390:
Remove the GCOVR_EXCL_START and GCOVR_EXCL_STOP markers surrounding the #if
DEBUG and dbprint example in the documentation comment so the example remains
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