Bailing out if too many (over 12) configurations found froma file. --force parameter added to prevent this from happening.

cppcheck.cpp

@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ std::string CppCheck::parseFromArgs( int argc, const char* const argv[] )
         else if (strcmp(argv[i],"-v")==0 || strcmp(argv[i],"--verbose")==0)
             _settings._verbose = true;
 
+        // Force checking of files that have "too many" configurations
+        else if (strcmp(argv[i],"-f")==0 || strcmp(argv[i],"--force")==0)
+            _settings._force = true;
+
         else
             pathnames.push_back( argv[i] );
     }
@@ -118,6 +122,7 @@ std::string CppCheck::parseFromArgs( int argc, const char* const argv[] )
                  "    -q, --quiet      Only print error messages\n"
                  "    -s, --style      Check coding style\n"
                  "    -v, --verbose    More detailed error reports\n"
+                 "    -f, --force      Force checking on files that have \"too many\" configurations\n"
                  "\n"
                  "Example usage:\n"
                  "  # Recursively check ../myproject/ and print only most fatal errors:\n"
@@ -161,8 +166,17 @@ void CppCheck::check()
             preprocessor.preprocess(fin, fname, filedata, configurations );
         }
 
+        int checkCount = 0;
         for ( std::list<std::string>::const_iterator it = configurations.begin(); it != configurations.end(); ++it )
         {
+            // Check only 12 first configurations, after that bail out, unless --force
+            // was used.
+            if( !_settings._force && checkCount > 11 )
+            {
+                _errorLogger->reportErr( std::string( "Bailing out from checking " ) + fname + ": Too many configurations. Recheck this file with --force if you want to check them all." );
+                break;
+            }
+
             cfg = *it;
             std::string codeWithoutCfg = Preprocessor::getcode( filedata, *it );
 
@@ -171,6 +185,7 @@ void CppCheck::check()
                 _errorLogger->reportOut( std::string( "Checking " ) + fname + ": "+cfg+std::string( "..." ) );
 
             checkFile( codeWithoutCfg, _filenames[c].c_str());
+            checkCount++;
         }
 
         if ( _settings._errorsOnly == false && _errout.str().empty() )

man/cppcheck.1.xml

@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ man(1), man(7), http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Man-Page/
       <arg choice="opt"><option>--quiet</option></arg>
       <arg choice="opt"><option>--style</option></arg>
       <arg choice="opt"><option>--verbose</option></arg>
+      <arg choice="opt"><option>--force</option></arg>
       <arg choice="opt"><option>file or path</option></arg>
       <arg choice="plain"><option>...</option></arg>
     </cmdsynopsis>
@@ -153,6 +154,14 @@ man(1), man(7), http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Man-Page/
           <para>More detailed error reports</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>-f</option></term>
+        <term><option>--force</option></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Force checking of files that have a lot of configurations. Error is printed if such a file is found so there is no reason to use this by 
+default.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
   </refsect1>
   <refsect1 id="author">

readme.txt

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Compiling
 Usage
 
   The syntax is:
-      cppcheck [--all] [--quiet] [--style] [file or path] [file or path]
+      cppcheck [--all] [--quiet] [--style] [--verbose] [--force] [file or path] [file or path]
 
   The error messages will be printed to stderr.
 

settings.cpp

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Settings::Settings()
     _errorsOnly = false;
     _checkFunctionUsage = false;
     _verbose = false;
+    _force = false;
 }
 
 Settings::~Settings()

settings.h

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ public:
     bool _errorsOnly;
     bool _checkFunctionUsage;
     bool _verbose;
+
+    /** Force checking t he files with "too many" configurations. */
+    bool _force;
 };
 
 #endif // SETTINGS_H