[draft] Integrate a fuzzer to the CI #126
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This PR integrates a fuzzer (ocamlgrammarfuzzer) into the CI. The idea is to derive a deterministic set of sentences from the grammar that guarantees exhaustive coverage of all syntactic constructions, and then to classify the behavior of
ocamlformaton these sentences.HACKING.jst.md has been updated to describe the fuzzer integration.
Catching regressions in the CI
The main job of the CI is to catch regressions, not to guarantee the absence of errors.
Here are sample outputs of the CI catching changes in coverage:
Helping developers improve coverage
For developers, another workflow is provided. Running
make fuzzproduces reports that give a detailed classification of all failures ofocamlformat, as well as regressions compared to a previous baseline set withmake fuzz-update-state.