Software Size Measurement: A Framework for Counting Source Statements

This report presents guidelines for defining, recording, and reporting two frequently used measures of software size-physical source lines and logical source statements. We propose a general framework for constructing size definitions and use it to derive operational methods can be applied to address the information needs of different users while maintaining a common definition of software size. Software metrics, Software size, Software measure, Software measurement, Lines of code, LOC, Source lines of code, SLOC, Source statements, Source code size, Software planning and tracking.