Exception Handling Bugs in Python

This repository includes the source code and data for our paper "Slithering Through Exception Handling Bugs in Python: Understanding Symptoms, Root Causes, Fixes and Anti-patterns".

Datasets

Dataset with the bugs, root causes, fixes:

datasets\bugs\dataset_exception_bugs.csv

Dataset with the fixes and the respective anti-patterns:

datasets\bugs\dataset_exception_fixes_anti_patterns.csv

Output of our parser tool across all projects:

datasets\bugs\output_parser\

Projects:

projects_py.csv

Requirements

• Python 3.6+

Build

To reproduce the results from our parser, follow the instructions below.

1. Run pip install -r requirements.txt
2. Run python3 miner.py

Unit tests

To run the unit tests, follow the instructions below.

1. Run python3 -m unittest

Coverage report

To generate the coverage report, follow the instructions below.

1. Run coverage run -m unittest
2. Run coverage report --omit *test_*,*__init__*