Code Clones:  Reconsidering Terminology

Walenstein, Andrew

doi:10.4230/DagSemProc.06301.6

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Code Clones: Reconsidering Terminology

Author Andrew Walenstein

Part of: Volume: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 6301
Part of: Series: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license
Publication Date: 2007-04-19

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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.06301.6
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-9654

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Andrew Walenstein

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Andrew Walenstein. Code Clones: Reconsidering Terminology. In Duplication, Redundancy, and Similarity in Software. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 6301, pp. 1-7, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2007) https://doi.org/10.4230/DagSemProc.06301.6

Abstract

This report discusses terminology choices and considerations relating to
copied or redundant code within software systems, i.e., relating to "code
clones."  Inadequacies of existing terminology are raised and alternative
terms are discussed.

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Code clone
exact clone
near clone
clone types
accidental clone
duplicate
copy
redundant

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