Package: dustmite (0~20170126.e95dff8-2)

Tool for minimizing D source code

DustMite is a tool for minimizing D source code. It was inspired by Tigris Delta and a thread on digitalmars.D.learn. Reducing C++ code also works quite well via --split *.{c,cpp,h,hpp}:d.

DustMite will parse the source code into a simple hierarchy, and attempt to shrink it by deleting fragments iteratively, as long as the result satisfies a user-specified condition.

Its use-cases include:

 * Reducing compiler bug test cases.
 * Finding the source of ambiguous or misleading compiler error messages
   (e.g. errors with the file/line information pointing inside Phobos)
 * Alternative unit test code coverage (DustMite can remove all code that
   does not affect the execution of your unit tests).
 * Similarly, if you have complete test coverage, it can be used for
   reducing the source tree to a minimal tree which includes support for
   only enabled unittests.
   This can be used to create a version of a program or library with a
   test-defined subset of features.
 * The --obfuscate option can obfuscate your code's identifiers.