microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Build with ASAN (address sanitizer) and run against those builds in Helix
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- Dominant language
- C++
- Stars
- 105k
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- Avg merge
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- Merged PRs (30d)
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Description
ASan is a fast memory error detector that can find runtime memory issues such as use-after-free and perform out of bounds checks.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names ASAN builds and Helix but no files or tests. Start by locating the repository's build and Helix entry points; done means ASAN builds are produced and run in Helix.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- build-system, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100