Merge pull request #27 from gerundt/man-improvements
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analysis can be needed to avoid false warnings. Here is an example that
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analysis can be needed to avoid false warnings. Here is an example that
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logically is the same as the previous example:</para>
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logically is the same as the previous example:</para>
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<para><programlisting>void f1(char *s)
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<programlisting>void f1(char *s)
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{
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{
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s[20] = 0;
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s[20] = 0;
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}
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}
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if (x + y == 2) {
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if (x + y == 2) {
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f1(a);
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f1(a);
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}
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}
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}</programlisting>Cppcheck will report this message:</para>
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}</programlisting>
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<para>Cppcheck will report this message:</para>
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<programlisting>Array 'a[10]' index 20 out of bounds</programlisting>
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<programlisting>Array 'a[10]' index 20 out of bounds</programlisting>
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prove that "x+y==2" can be true when the function is called from "f2". No
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prove that "x+y==2" can be true when the function is called from "f2". No
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error message is reported for this code:</para>
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error message is reported for this code:</para>
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<para><programlisting>void f1(char *s)
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<programlisting>void f1(char *s)
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{
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{
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if (x + y == 2) {
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if (x + y == 2) {
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s[20] = 0;
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s[20] = 0;
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{
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{
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char a[10];
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char a[10];
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f1(a);
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f1(a);
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}</programlisting></para>
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}</programlisting>
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</section>
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</section>
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<section>
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<section>
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<programlisting>cppcheck src/a src/b</programlisting>
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<programlisting>cppcheck src/a src/b</programlisting>
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<para>All files under "src/a" and "src/b" are then checked.</para>
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<para>All files under <filename class="directory">src/a</filename> and
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<filename class="directory">src/b</filename> are then checked.</para>
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<para>The second option is to use <literal>-i</literal>, with it you
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<para>The second option is to use <parameter class="command">-i</parameter>,
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specify files/paths to ignore. With this command no files in "src/c" are
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with it you specify files/paths to ignore. With this command no files in
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checked:</para>
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<filename class="directory">src/c</filename> are checked:</para>
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<programlisting>cppcheck -isrc/c src</programlisting>
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<programlisting>cppcheck -isrc/c src</programlisting>
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</section>
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<section>
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<section>
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<title>Enable messages</title>
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<title>Enable messages</title>
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<para>By default only <literal>error</literal> messages are shown.
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<para>By default only <parameter class="command">error</parameter> messages
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Through the <literal>--enable</literal> command more checks can be
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are shown. Through the <parameter class="command">--enable</parameter>
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enabled.</para>
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command more checks can be enabled.</para>
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<section>
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<section>
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<title>Stylistic issues</title>
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<title>Stylistic issues</title>
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<para>With <literal>--enable=style</literal> you enable most
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<para>With <parameter class="command">--enable=style</parameter> you
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<literal>warning</literal>, <literal>style</literal> and
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enable most <parameter class="command">warning</parameter>,
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<literal>performance</literal> messages.</para>
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<parameter class="command">style</parameter> and
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<parameter class="command">performance</parameter> messages.</para>
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<para>Here is a simple code example:</para>
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<para>Here is a simple code example:</para>
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}</programlisting>
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<para>There are no bugs in that code so Cppcheck won't report anything
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<para>There are no bugs in that code so Cppcheck won't report anything
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by default. To enable the stylistic messages, use the --enable=style
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by default. To enable the stylistic messages, use the
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command:</para>
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<parameter class="command">--enable=style</parameter> command:</para>
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<programlisting>cppcheck --enable=style file3.c</programlisting>
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<programlisting>cppcheck --enable=style file3.c</programlisting>
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<para>The output from Cppcheck is now:</para>
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<para>The output from Cppcheck is now:</para>
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<para><programlisting>Checking file3.c...
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<programlisting>Checking file3.c...
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[file3.c:3]: (style) Variable 'i' is assigned a value that is never used
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[file3.c:3]: (style) Variable 'i' is assigned a value that is never used
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[file3.c:3]: (style) The scope of the variable i can be reduced</programlisting></para>
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[file3.c:3]: (style) The scope of the variable i can be reduced</programlisting>
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</section>
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<section>
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<section>
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<title>Enable all checks</title>
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<title>Enable all checks</title>
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<para>To enable all checks your can use the
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<para>To enable all checks your can use the
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<literal>--enable=all</literal> flag:</para>
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<parameter class="command">--enable=all</parameter> flag:</para>
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<programlisting>cppcheck --enable=all path</programlisting>
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<programlisting>cppcheck --enable=all path</programlisting>
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</section>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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<chapter>
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<chapter id="preprocessor-configurations">
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<title>Preprocessor configurations</title>
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<title>Preprocessor configurations</title>
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<para>By default Cppcheck will check all preprocessor configurations
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<para>By default Cppcheck will check all preprocessor configurations
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behaviour.</para>
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behaviour.</para>
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<para>But if you want to manually limit the checking you can do so with
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<para>But if you want to manually limit the checking you can do so with
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<literal>-D</literal>.</para>
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<parameter class="command">-D</parameter>.</para>
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<para>Beware that only the macros, which are given here and the macros
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<para>Beware that only the macros, which are given here and the macros
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defined in source files and known header files are considered. That
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defined in source files and known header files are considered. That
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excludes all the macros defined in some system header files, which are by
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excludes all the macros defined in some system header files, which are by
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default not examined by cppcheck.</para>
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default not examined by Cppcheck.</para>
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<para>The usage: if you, for example, want to limit the checking so the
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<para>The usage: if you, for example, want to limit the checking so the
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only configuration to check should be "DEBUG=1;__cplusplus" then something
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only configuration to check should be <literal>DEBUG=1;__cplusplus</literal>
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like this can be used:</para>
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then something like this can be used:</para>
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<programlisting>cppcheck -DDEBUG=1 -D__cplusplus path</programlisting>
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<programlisting>cppcheck -DDEBUG=1 -D__cplusplus path</programlisting>
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</chapter>
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</chapter>
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<para>Cppcheck can generate the output in XML format.</para>
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<para>Cppcheck can generate the output in XML format.</para>
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<para>Use the --xml flag when you execute cppcheck:</para>
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<para>Use the <parameter class="command">--xml</parameter> flag when you
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execute cppcheck:</para>
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<programlisting>cppcheck --xml file1.cpp</programlisting>
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<programlisting>cppcheck --xml file1.cpp</programlisting>
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<variablelist>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>file</term>
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<term><sgmltag class="attribute">file</sgmltag></term>
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<listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>filename. Both relative and absolute paths are possible</para>
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<para>filename. Both relative and absolute paths are possible</para>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>line</term>
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<term><sgmltag class="attribute">line</sgmltag></term>
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<listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>a number</para>
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<para>a number</para>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>id</term>
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<term><sgmltag class="attribute">id</sgmltag></term>
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<listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>id of error. These are always valid symbolnames.</para>
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<para>id of error. These are always valid symbolnames.</para>
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</varlistentry>
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<term>severity</term>
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<para>either <literal>error</literal> or <literal>style</literal>.
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<literal>warning</literal> and <literal>performance</literal> are
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<sgmltag class="attvalue">style</sgmltag>.</para>
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saved as <literal>style</literal>.</para>
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<para><literal>warning</literal> and <literal>performance</literal>
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are saved as <sgmltag class="attvalue">style</sgmltag>.</para>
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<para>If you want to reformat the output so it looks different you can use
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templates.</para>
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<para>To get Visual Studio compatible output you can use "--template
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gui/test.cpp(16): error: Mismatching allocation and deallocation: k</programlisting>
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gui/test.cpp(16): error: Mismatching allocation and deallocation: k</programlisting>
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<para>To get gcc compatible output you can use "--template gcc":</para>
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<programlisting>cppcheck --template gcc gui/test.cpp</programlisting>
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<programlisting>Checking gui/test.cpp...
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gui/test.cpp,31,error,memleak,Memory leak: b
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gui/test.cpp,16,error,mismatchAllocDealloc,Mismatching allocation and deallocation: k</programlisting>
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gui/test.cpp,16,error,mismatchAllocDealloc,Mismatching allocation and deallocation: k</programlisting>
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<para></para>
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deallocation functions. But not all.</para>
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<para>Here is example code that might leak memory or resources:</para>
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<para>Here is example code that might leak memory or resources:</para>
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[fred1.cpp:5]: (error) Memory leak: f</programlisting>
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<programlisting>cppcheck --enable=exceptNew --enable=exceptRealloc fred.cpp</programlisting>
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<para>If an exception occurs when <literal>b</literal> is allocated,
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<para>If an exception occurs when <varname>b</varname> is allocated,
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<literal>a</literal> will leak.</para>
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<varname>a</varname> will leak.</para>
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<para>Here is another example:</para>
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<para>Here is another example:</para>
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<para>You can convert the XML output from cppcheck into a HTML report.
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<para>You can convert the XML output from cppcheck into a HTML report.
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You'll need Python and the pygments module
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You'll need Python and the pygments module
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(<uri>http://pygments.org/</uri>) for this to work. In the Cppcheck source
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(<ulink url="http://pygments.org/">http://pygments.org/</ulink>) for this to
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tree there is a folder "htmlreport" that contains a script that transforms
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work. In the Cppcheck source tree there is a folder
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a Cppcheck XML file into HTML output.</para>
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<filename class="directory">htmlreport</filename> that contains a script
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that transforms a Cppcheck XML file into HTML output.</para>
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<para>This command generates the help screen:</para>
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<para>This command generates the help screen:</para>
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<para><programlisting>htmlreport/cppcheck-htmlreport -h</programlisting></para>
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<programlisting>htmlreport/cppcheck-htmlreport -h</programlisting>
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<para>The output screen says:</para>
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<para>The output screen says:</para>
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<para><programlisting>Usage: cppcheck-htmlreport [options]
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<programlisting>Usage: cppcheck-htmlreport [options]
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Options:
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Options:
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-h, --help show this help message and exit
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-h, --help show this help message and exit
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--report-dir=REPORT_DIR
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--report-dir=REPORT_DIR
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The directory where the html report content is written.
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The directory where the html report content is written.
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--source-dir=SOURCE_DIR
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--source-dir=SOURCE_DIR
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Base directory where source code files can be found.</programlisting></para>
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Base directory where source code files can be found.</programlisting>
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<para>An example usage:</para>
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<para>An example usage:</para>
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<section>
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<section>
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<title>Check source code</title>
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<title>Check source code</title>
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<para>Use the <literal>Check</literal> menu.</para>
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<para>Use the <guimenu>Check</guimenu> menu.</para>
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</section>
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</section>
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<section>
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<section>
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<para>The results are shown in a list.</para>
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<para>The results are shown in a list.</para>
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<para>You can show/hide certain types of messages through the
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<para>You can show/hide certain types of messages through the
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<literal>View</literal> menu.</para>
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<guimenu>View</guimenu> menu.</para>
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<para>Results can be saved to an XML file that can later be opened. See
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<para>Results can be saved to an XML file that can later be opened. See
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<literal>Save results to file</literal> and <literal>Open
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<literal>Save results to file</literal> and <literal>Open
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<title>Settings</title>
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<title>Settings</title>
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<para>The language can be changed at any time by using the
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<para>The language can be changed at any time by using the
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<literal>Language</literal> menu.</para>
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<guimenu>Language</guimenu> menu.</para>
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<para>More settings are available in
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<para>More settings are available in
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<literal>Edit</literal>><literal>Preferences</literal>.</para>
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>.</para>
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</section>
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</section>
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<section>
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<section>
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recommended that this known functionality is redefined. But feel free to
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recommended that this known functionality is redefined. But feel free to
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try it.</para>
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try it.</para>
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<para>As you can read in chapter 3 in this manual the default is that
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<para>As you can read in <link linkend="preprocessor-configurations">chapter
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Cppcheck checks all configurations. So only provide preprocessor defines
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3</link> in this manual the default is that Cppcheck checks all configurations.
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if you want to limit the checking.</para>
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So only provide preprocessor defines if you want to limit the checking.</para>
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</section>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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</chapter>
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<appendix>
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<appendix>
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<info>
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<author>
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<firstname>Daniel</firstname>
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<surname>Marjamäki</surname>
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<affiliation>
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<orgname>Cppcheck</orgname>
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</affiliation>
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</author>
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<pubdate>2010-2011</pubdate>
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</info>
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<title>Writing Cppcheck rules</title>
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<title>Writing Cppcheck rules</title>
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&writing-rules-1;
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&writing-rules-1;
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&writing-rules-2;
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&writing-rules-2;
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<section>
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<section id="writing-rules-1">
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<info>
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<title>Part 1 - Getting started</title>
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<title>Part 1 - Getting started</title>
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<author>
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<firstname>Daniel</firstname>
|
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|
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<surname>Marjamäki</surname>
|
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|
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<affiliation>
|
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<orgname>Cppcheck</orgname>
|
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</affiliation>
|
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</author>
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<pubdate>2010</pubdate>
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</info>
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<section>
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<section>
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<title>Introduction</title>
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@ -30,7 +16,7 @@
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<title>Data representation of the source code</title>
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<title>Data representation of the source code</title>
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|
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<para>The data used by the rules are not the raw source code.
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<para>The data used by the rules are not the raw source code.
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<literal>Cppcheck</literal> will read the source code and process it
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Cppcheck will read the source code and process it
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before the rules are used.</para>
|
before the rules are used.</para>
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|
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<para>Cppcheck is designed to find bugs and dangerous code. Stylistic
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<para>Cppcheck is designed to find bugs and dangerous code. Stylistic
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@ -39,7 +25,8 @@
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you write rules.</para>
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you write rules.</para>
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<para>Between each token in the code there is always a space. For instance
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<para>Between each token in the code there is always a space. For instance
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the raw code "1+f()" is processed into "1 + f ( )".</para>
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the raw code "<code>1+f()</code>" is processed into "<code>1 + f ( )</code>"
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|
.</para>
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|
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<para>The code is simplified in many ways.</para>
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<para>The code is simplified in many ways.</para>
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</section>
|
</section>
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@ -62,10 +49,10 @@
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<section>
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<section>
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<title>Step 1 - Creating the regular expression</title>
|
<title>Step 1 - Creating the regular expression</title>
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|
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<para>Cppcheck uses the <literal>PCRE</literal> library to handle
|
<para>Cppcheck uses the PCRE library to handle regular expressions.
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regular expressions. <literal>PCRE</literal> stands for "Perl Compatible
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<acronym>PCRE</acronym> stands for "Perl Compatible Regular Expressions".
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Regular Expressions". The homepage for <literal>PCRE</literal> is
|
The homepage for PCRE is <ulink url="http://www.pcre.org/">
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<literal>http://www.pcre.org</literal>.</para>
|
http://www.pcre.org/</ulink>.</para>
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|
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<para>Let's create a regular expression that checks for code such
|
<para>Let's create a regular expression that checks for code such
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as:</para>
|
as:</para>
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|
@ -74,7 +61,8 @@
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free(p);</programlisting>
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free(p);</programlisting>
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|
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<para>For such code the condition is often redundant (on most
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<para>For such code the condition is often redundant (on most
|
||||||
implementations it is valid to free a NULL pointer).</para>
|
implementations it is valid to free a <constant>NULL</constant> pointer).
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</para>
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|
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<para>The regular expression must be written for the simplified code. To
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<para>The regular expression must be written for the simplified code. To
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||||||
see what the simplified code looks like you can create a source file
|
see what the simplified code looks like you can create a source file
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|
@ -85,8 +73,8 @@
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free(p);
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free(p);
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}</programlisting>
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}</programlisting>
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|
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<para>Save that code as <literal>dealloc.cpp</literal> and then use
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<para>Save that code as <filename>dealloc.cpp</filename> and then use
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<literal>cppcheck --rule=".+" dealloc.cpp</literal>:</para>
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<command>cppcheck --rule=".+" dealloc.cpp</command>:</para>
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|
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<programlisting>$ ./cppcheck --rule=".+" dealloc.cpp
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<programlisting>$ ./cppcheck --rule=".+" dealloc.cpp
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Checking dealloc.cpp...
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Checking dealloc.cpp...
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@ -134,7 +122,7 @@ Checking dealloc.cpp...
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</message>
|
</message>
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</rule></programlisting>
|
</rule></programlisting>
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|
|
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<para>If you save that xml data in <literal>dealloc.rule</literal> you
|
<para>If you save that xml data in <filename>dealloc.rule</filename> you
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can test this rule:</para>
|
can test this rule:</para>
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|
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<programlisting>$ cppcheck --rule-file=dealloc.rule dealloc.cpp
|
<programlisting>$ cppcheck --rule-file=dealloc.rule dealloc.cpp
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|
|
|
@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
|
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<section>
|
<section id="writing-rules-2">
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<info>
|
|
||||||
<title>Part 2 - The Cppcheck data representation</title>
|
<title>Part 2 - The Cppcheck data representation</title>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<author>
|
|
||||||
<firstname>Daniel</firstname>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<surname>Marjamäki</surname>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<affiliation>
|
|
||||||
<orgname>Cppcheck</orgname>
|
|
||||||
</affiliation>
|
|
||||||
</author>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<pubdate>2010</pubdate>
|
|
||||||
</info>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<section>
|
<section>
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||||||
<title>Introduction</title>
|
<title>Introduction</title>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
@ -33,23 +19,25 @@
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<para>There are two ways to look at the data representation at
|
<para>There are two ways to look at the data representation at
|
||||||
runtime.</para>
|
runtime.</para>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<para>Using --rule=.+ is one way. All tokens are written on a line:</para>
|
<para>Using <parameter class="command">--rule=.+</parameter> is one way.
|
||||||
|
All tokens are written on a line:</para>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<programlisting> int a ; int b ;</programlisting>
|
<programlisting> int a ; int b ;</programlisting>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<para>Using --debug is another way. The tokens are line separated in the
|
<para>Using <parameter class="command">--debug</parameter> is another way.
|
||||||
same way as the original code:</para>
|
The tokens are line separated in the same way as the original code:</para>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<programlisting>1: int a@1 ;
|
<programlisting>1: int a@1 ;
|
||||||
2: int b@2 ;</programlisting>
|
2: int b@2 ;</programlisting>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<para>In the --debug output there are "@1" and "@2" shown. These are the
|
<para>In the <parameter class="command">--debug</parameter> output there are
|
||||||
|
"@1" and "@2" shown. These are the
|
||||||
variable ids (Cppcheck gives each variable a unique id). You can ignore
|
variable ids (Cppcheck gives each variable a unique id). You can ignore
|
||||||
these if you only plan to write rules with regular expressions, you can't
|
these if you only plan to write rules with regular expressions, you can't
|
||||||
use variable ids with regular expressions.</para>
|
use variable ids with regular expressions.</para>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<para>In general, I will use the <literal>--rule=.+</literal> output in
|
<para>In general, I will use the <parameter class="command">--rule=.+</parameter>
|
||||||
this article because it is more compact.</para>
|
output in this article because it is more compact.</para>
|
||||||
</section>
|
</section>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<section>
|
<section>
|
||||||
|
@ -130,7 +118,8 @@ s8 x;</programlisting>
|
||||||
array[x + 2] = 0;
|
array[x + 2] = 0;
|
||||||
}</programlisting>
|
}</programlisting>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<para>The <literal>--debug</literal> output for that is:</para>
|
<para>The <parameter class="command">--debug</parameter> output for that
|
||||||
|
is:</para>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<programlisting>1: void f ( )
|
<programlisting>1: void f ( )
|
||||||
2: {
|
2: {
|
||||||
|
@ -154,7 +143,8 @@ s8 x;</programlisting>
|
||||||
free(b);
|
free(b);
|
||||||
}</programlisting>
|
}</programlisting>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<para>The <literal>--debug</literal> output for that is:</para>
|
<para>The <parameter class="command">--debug</parameter> output for that
|
||||||
|
is:</para>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<programlisting>1: void f ( )
|
<programlisting>1: void f ( )
|
||||||
2: {
|
2: {
|
||||||
|
@ -196,7 +186,7 @@ s8 x;</programlisting>
|
||||||
f2();
|
f2();
|
||||||
}</programlisting>
|
}</programlisting>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<para>The <literal>--debug</literal> output:</para>
|
<para>The <parameter class="command">--debug</parameter> output:</para>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<programlisting>1: void f ( int x@1 )
|
<programlisting>1: void f ( int x@1 )
|
||||||
2: {
|
2: {
|
||||||
|
@ -252,8 +242,8 @@ s8 x;</programlisting>
|
||||||
}
|
}
|
||||||
}</programlisting>
|
}</programlisting>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<para>The <literal>x=f1()</literal> is broken out. The
|
<para>The <code>x=f1()</code> is broken out. The
|
||||||
<literal>--debug</literal> output:</para>
|
<parameter class="command">--debug</parameter> output:</para>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<programlisting>1: void f ( )
|
<programlisting>1: void f ( )
|
||||||
2: {
|
2: {
|
||||||
|
@ -274,7 +264,7 @@ s8 x;</programlisting>
|
||||||
}</programlisting>
|
}</programlisting>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<para>The <literal>x=f1()</literal> is broken out twice. The
|
<para>The <literal>x=f1()</literal> is broken out twice. The
|
||||||
<literal>--debug</literal> output:</para>
|
<parameter class="command">--debug</parameter> output:</para>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<programlisting>1: void f ( )
|
<programlisting>1: void f ( )
|
||||||
2: {
|
2: {
|
||||||
|
@ -331,7 +321,7 @@ s8 x;</programlisting>
|
||||||
if (x != 0);
|
if (x != 0);
|
||||||
}</programlisting>
|
}</programlisting>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<para>The <literal>--debug</literal> output is:</para>
|
<para>The <parameter class="command">--debug</parameter> output is:</para>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<programlisting>1: void f ( )
|
<programlisting>1: void f ( )
|
||||||
2: {
|
2: {
|
||||||
|
|
|
@ -1,24 +1,12 @@
|
||||||
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
|
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
|
||||||
<section>
|
<section id="writing-rules-3">
|
||||||
<info>
|
|
||||||
<title>Part 3 - Introduction to writing rules with C++</title>
|
<title>Part 3 - Introduction to writing rules with C++</title>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<author>
|
|
||||||
<personname><firstname>Daniel</firstname><surname>Marjamäki</surname></personname>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<affiliation>
|
|
||||||
<orgname>Cppcheck</orgname>
|
|
||||||
</affiliation>
|
|
||||||
</author>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<pubdate>2011</pubdate>
|
|
||||||
</info>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<section>
|
<section>
|
||||||
<title>Introduction</title>
|
<title>Introduction</title>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<para>The goal for this article is to introduce how
|
<para>The goal for this article is to introduce how
|
||||||
<literal>Cppcheck</literal> rules are written with C++. With C++ it is
|
Cppcheck rules are written with C++. With C++ it is
|
||||||
possible to write more complex rules than is possible with regular
|
possible to write more complex rules than is possible with regular
|
||||||
expressions.</para>
|
expressions.</para>
|
||||||
</section>
|
</section>
|
||||||
|
@ -95,9 +83,9 @@ void CheckOther::divisionByZeroError()
|
||||||
<section>
|
<section>
|
||||||
<title>Condition before deallocation</title>
|
<title>Condition before deallocation</title>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<para>In the first <literal>Writing rules</literal> article I described a
|
<para>In the first <link linkend="writing-rules-1">Writing rules</link> part
|
||||||
rule that looks for redundant conditions. Here is the regular expression
|
I described a rule that looks for redundant conditions. Here is the regular
|
||||||
that was shown:</para>
|
expression that was shown:</para>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<programlisting>if \( p \) { free \( p \) ; }</programlisting>
|
<programlisting>if \( p \) { free \( p \) ; }</programlisting>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
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