Which Alert Removals are Beneficial?

Context: Static analysis captures software engineering knowledge and alerts on possibly problematic patterns. Previous work showed that they indeed have predictive power for various problems. However, the impact of removing the alerts is unclear. Aim: We would like to evaluate the impact of alert removals on code complexity and the tendency to bugs. Method: We evaluate the impact of removing alerts using three complementary methods. 1. We conducted a randomized controlled trial and built a dataset of 521 manual alert-removing interventions 2. We profiled intervention-like events using labeling functions. We applied these labeling functions to code commits, found intervention-like natural ...

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