bigint_pmc_coverage.html

<h1>Task Description</h1>

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Increase the code coverage of the BigInt PMC by at least 10%
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<h1>Steps To Complete This Task</h1>

Currently, the BigInt PMC is at <a href="http://tapir2.ro.vutbr.cz/cover/cover-results/2010-12/2010-12-13-ee634da/c_cover/">59.5% code coverage</a>, which is a bit low for such an important PMC. This
task requires the student to write tests to increase the code coverage of this important PMC.

The tests should be added to <a href="https://github.com/parrot/parrot/blob/t/pmc/bigint.t">t/pmc/bigint.t</a>

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<li>Create a fork of <a href="https://github.com/parrot/parrot">parrot.git</a> on <a href="http://github.com">github.com</a></li>
<li>Perform all the necessary code and/or documentation changes</li>
<li>Build parrot and run it's test suite (make fulltest) to verify that things still work</li>
<li>You can also submit a smoke report with "make smoke", but that is optional. </li>
<li>Create a Github pull request (button on the upper right of your fork) to have your changes incorporated into the master repository</li>
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<h1>Benefits</h1>
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This will ensure there are no hidden bugs in our BigInts, which are a very important subsystem of Parrot.
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<h1>Requirements</h1>

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<li> Knowledge of writing tests and PIR</li>
<li> Abillity to debug.  </li>
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<h1>Additional Links</h1>
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<a href="http://tapir2.ro.vutbr.cz/cover/cover-results/">Code coverage reports</a>
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<a href="http://trac.parrot.org/parrot/wiki/NewParrotDeveloperGuide">New Parrot Developer Guide</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/parrot/parrot/blob/master/docs/project/git_workflow.pod">Parrot Git Workflow</a>
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<a href="http://trac.parrot.org/parrot">Parrot Developer Wiki</a>
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<a href="http://help.github.com/pull-requests/">Sending Pull Requests</a>
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