PointCloudLibrary / PointCloudLibrary/pcl

Running unit tests with valgrind on CI

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kind: proposal module: ci status: stale
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Description

How do everyone here think about running unit tests with valgrind on CI to check for potential memory problems? The trade off is longer run time on CI but I don't think a fast run time on CI is necessary.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the repository's CI configuration and existing unit-test jobs. Determine how Valgrind could be incorporated, what runtime trade-offs are acceptable, and which memory-checking results would count as done; the issue does not name specific files or tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
ci-cd, testing-qa
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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