manual.docbook: added documentation about <not-bool> and <pure>
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<literal>--enable=information</literal> to get hints about what you
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should configure.</para>
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<para>It is recommended that you use the <literal>Library
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Editor</literal> in the <literal>Cppcheck GUI</literal> to edit
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configuration files. It is available in the <literal>View</literal>
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menu. All settings are not documented in this manual.</para>
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<para>The command line cppcheck will try to load custom .cfg files from
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the working path - execute cppcheck from the path where the .cfg files
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are.</para>
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attribute and their number of arguments. The name is a comma-separated
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list of function names. For functions in namespaces or classes, just
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provide their fully qualified name. For example: <literal><function
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name="memcpy,std::memcpy"></literal>.</para>
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name="memcpy,std::memcpy"></literal>. If you have template functions
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then provide their instantiated names <literal><function
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name="dostuff<int>"></literal>.</para>
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<section>
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<title>Function arguments</title>
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that function. The specifications for individual arguments override
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this setting.</para>
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<section>
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<title>Not bool</title>
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<para>Here is an example program with misplaced comparison:</para>
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<programlisting>void test()
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{
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if (MemCmp(buffer1, buffer2, 1024==0)) {}
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}</programlisting>
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<para><literal>Cppcheck</literal> assumes that it is fine to pass
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boolean values to functions:</para>
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<programlisting># cppcheck notbool.c
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Checking notbool.c...</programlisting>
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<para>If you provide a configuration file then Cppcheck detects the
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bug:</para>
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<programlisting># cppcheck --library=notbool.cfg notbool.c
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Checking notbool.c...
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[notbool.c:5]: (error) Invalid MemCmp() argument nr 3. A non-boolean value is required.</programlisting>
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<para>Here is the minimal notbool.cfg</para>
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<para><programlisting><?xml version="1.0"?>
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<def>
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<function name="MemCmp">
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<arg nr="1"/>
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<arg nr="2"/>
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<arg nr="3">
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<not-bool/>
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</arg>
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</function>
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</def></programlisting></para>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Uninitialized memory</title>
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<def>
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<function name="ZeroMemory">
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<noreturn>false</noreturn>
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<arg nr="1"/>
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<arg nr="2"/>
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</function>
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</def></programlisting>
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</section>
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<programlisting># cppcheck --library=lib.cfg --enable=warning useretval.c
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Checking useretval.c...
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[noreturn.c:3]: (warning) Return value of function strcmp() is not used.</programlisting>
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[useretval.c:3]: (warning) Return value of function strcmp() is not used.</programlisting>
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<para>Here is a minimal <literal>lib.cfg</literal> file:</para>
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<def>
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<function name="strcmp">
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<use-retval/>
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<arg nr="1"/>
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<arg nr="2"/>
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</function>
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</def></programlisting>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>pure</title>
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<para>A function that is pure will calculate a return value and has no
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side effects. If the same parameters are given twice then the same
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return value will be calculated twice.</para>
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<programlisting>void f(int x)
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{
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if (calculate(x) == 213) {
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} else if (calculate(x) == 213) {
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// unreachable code
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}
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}</programlisting>
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<para>Cppcheck reports no warning</para>
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<programlisting># cppcheck pure.c
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Checking pure.c...</programlisting>
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<para>If a proper <literal>lib.cfg</literal> is provided, the
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unreachable code is detected:</para>
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<programlisting># cppcheck --enable=style --library=pure pure.c
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Checking pure.c...
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[pure.c:7]: (style) Expression is always false because 'else if' condition matches previous condition at line 5.</programlisting>
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<para>Here is a minimal <literal>pure.cfg</literal> file:</para>
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<programlisting><?xml version="1.0"?>
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<def>
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<function name="calculate">
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<pure/>
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<arg nr="1"/>
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</function>
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</def></programlisting>
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</section>
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