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diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi index d12f318..b45b629 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi @@ -10064,6 +10064,13 @@ code, and issues warnings for problems found on them. This analysis is much more expensive than other GCC warnings. +In technical terms, it performs coverage-guided symbolic execution of +the code being compiled. It is neither sound nor complete: it can +have false positives and false negatives. It is a bug-finding tool, +rather than a tool for proving program correctness. + +The analyzer is only suitable for use on C code in this release. + Enabling this option effectively enables the following warnings: @gccoptlist{ @gol |