> I have no idea what coverage tools are available for C.  Someone want
> to compile a list?  I have also never really done much coverage
> analysis.  Would someone with time and experience step forward and
> take responsiblity for it?

There don't seem to be many free/open tools.  I was able to find one, called
GCT:

ftp://cs.uiuc.edu/pub/misc/testing/

I actually haven't used any coverage tools besides Devel::Coverage, or I'd
offer to take this up myself.

> PS  In case people aren't aware, there's Devel::Coverage.

Yes, Devel::Coverage is great for testing perl code.  That won't help us
test perl itself, however.  For that, we must have a C coverage tool --
assuming perl6 will also be written in C.

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