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Reduce the number of returns of this function 4, down to the maximum allowed 3. Open
public function processString($input, &$context, $includeNotes = true, $multiline = false)
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Having too many return statements in a function increases the function's essential complexity because the flow of execution is broken each time a return statement is encountered. This makes it harder to read and understand the logic of the function.
Noncompliant Code Example
With the default threshold of 3:
function myFunction(){ // Noncompliant as there are 4 return statements if (condition1) { return true; } else { if (condition2) { return false; } else { return true; } } return false; }
Remove the unused function parameter "$string". Open
public function log($string)
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Unused parameters are misleading. Whatever the value passed to such parameters is, the behavior will be the same.
Noncompliant Code Example
function doSomething($a, $b) { // "$a" is unused return compute($b); }
Compliant Solution
function doSomething($b) { return compute($b); }
Exceptions
Functions in classes that override a class or implement interfaces are ignored.
class C extends B { function doSomething($a, $b) { // no issue reported on $b compute($a); } }
See
- MISRA C++:2008, 0-1-11 - There shall be no unused parameters (named or unnamed) in nonvirtual functions.
- MISRA C:2012, 2.7 - There should be no unused parameters in functions
- CERT, MSC12-C. - Detect and remove code that has no effect or is never executed
- CERT, MSC12-CPP. - Detect and remove code that has no effect
Remove the unused function parameter "$string". Open
protected function shouldLog($string)
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Unused parameters are misleading. Whatever the value passed to such parameters is, the behavior will be the same.
Noncompliant Code Example
function doSomething($a, $b) { // "$a" is unused return compute($b); }
Compliant Solution
function doSomething($b) { return compute($b); }
Exceptions
Functions in classes that override a class or implement interfaces are ignored.
class C extends B { function doSomething($a, $b) { // no issue reported on $b compute($a); } }
See
- MISRA C++:2008, 0-1-11 - There shall be no unused parameters (named or unnamed) in nonvirtual functions.
- MISRA C:2012, 2.7 - There should be no unused parameters in functions
- CERT, MSC12-C. - Detect and remove code that has no effect or is never executed
- CERT, MSC12-CPP. - Detect and remove code that has no effect
Refactor this function to reduce its Cognitive Complexity from 21 to the 15 allowed. Open
protected function generateOutlines()
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Cognitive Complexity is a measure of how hard the control flow of a function is to understand. Functions with high Cognitive Complexity will be difficult to maintain.
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Refactor this function to reduce its Cognitive Complexity from 16 to the 15 allowed. Open
public function colourFromValue($value, $itemName = '', $isPercentage = true, $showScaleWarnings = true)
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Cognitive Complexity is a measure of how hard the control flow of a function is to understand. Functions with high Cognitive Complexity will be difficult to maintain.
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Define a constant instead of duplicating this literal "label" 4 times. Open
'label' => '',
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Duplicated string literals make the process of refactoring error-prone, since you must be sure to update all occurrences.
On the other hand, constants can be referenced from many places, but only need to be updated in a single place.
Noncompliant Code Example
With the default threshold of 3:
function run() { prepare('action1'); // Non-Compliant - 'action1' is duplicated 3 times execute('action1'); release('action1'); }
Compliant Solution
ACTION_1 = 'action1'; function run() { prepare(ACTION_1); execute(ACTION_1); release(ACTION_1); }
Exceptions
To prevent generating some false-positives, literals having less than 5 characters are excluded.
Define a constant instead of duplicating this literal "weathermap" 28 times. Open
\api_plugin_register_hook('weathermap', 'config_arrays', 'weathermap_config_arrays', 'setup10.php');
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Duplicated string literals make the process of refactoring error-prone, since you must be sure to update all occurrences.
On the other hand, constants can be referenced from many places, but only need to be updated in a single place.
Noncompliant Code Example
With the default threshold of 3:
function run() { prepare('action1'); // Non-Compliant - 'action1' is duplicated 3 times execute('action1'); release('action1'); }
Compliant Solution
ACTION_1 = 'action1'; function run() { prepare(ACTION_1); execute(ACTION_1); release(ACTION_1); }
Exceptions
To prevent generating some false-positives, literals having less than 5 characters are excluded.
Define a constant instead of duplicating this literal "include/config.php" 6 times. Open
@include_once $cacti_root."include/config.php";
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Duplicated string literals make the process of refactoring error-prone, since you must be sure to update all occurrences.
On the other hand, constants can be referenced from many places, but only need to be updated in a single place.
Noncompliant Code Example
With the default threshold of 3:
function run() { prepare('action1'); // Non-Compliant - 'action1' is duplicated 3 times execute('action1'); release('action1'); }
Compliant Solution
ACTION_1 = 'action1'; function run() { prepare(ACTION_1); execute(ACTION_1); release(ACTION_1); }
Exceptions
To prevent generating some false-positives, literals having less than 5 characters are excluded.
Add curly braces around the nested statement(s). Open
else if ($speed)
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While not technically incorrect, the omission of curly braces can be misleading, and may lead to the introduction of errors during maintenance.
Noncompliant Code Example
if (condition) // Noncompliant executeSomething();
Compliant Solution
if (condition) { executeSomething(); }
See
- MISRA C:2004, 14.8 - The statement forming the body of a switch, while, do ... while or for statement shall be a compound statement
- MISRA C:2004, 14.9 - An if (expression) construct shall be followed by a compound statement. The else keyword shall be followed by either a compound statement, or another if statement
- MISRA C++:2008, 6-3-1 - The statement forming the body of a switch, while, do ... while or for statement shall be a compound statement
- MISRA C++:2008, 6-4-1 - An if (condition) construct shall be followed by a compound statement. The else keyword shall be followed by either a compound statement, or another if statement
- MISRA C:2012, 15.6 - The body of an iteration-statement or a selection-statement shall be a compound-statement
- CERT, EXP19-C. - Use braces for the body of an if, for, or while statement
- CERT, EXP52-J. - Use braces for the body of an if, for, or while statement
Remove this commented out code. Open
// $cacti_root = "/var/www/docs/cacti/";
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Programmers should not comment out code as it bloats programs and reduces readability.
Unused code should be deleted and can be retrieved from source control history if required.
See
- MISRA C:2004, 2.4 - Sections of code should not be "commented out".
- MISRA C++:2008, 2-7-2 - Sections of code shall not be "commented out" using C-style comments.
- MISRA C++:2008, 2-7-3 - Sections of code should not be "commented out" using C++ comments.
- MISRA C:2012, Dir. 4.4 - Sections of code should not be "commented out"
Remove the unused function parameter "$value". Open
private function validateArgString($value)
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Unused parameters are misleading. Whatever the value passed to such parameters is, the behavior will be the same.
Noncompliant Code Example
function doSomething($a, $b) { // "$a" is unused return compute($b); }
Compliant Solution
function doSomething($b) { return compute($b); }
Exceptions
Functions in classes that override a class or implement interfaces are ignored.
class C extends B { function doSomething($a, $b) { // no issue reported on $b compute($a); } }
See
- MISRA C++:2008, 0-1-11 - There shall be no unused parameters (named or unnamed) in nonvirtual functions.
- MISRA C:2012, 2.7 - There should be no unused parameters in functions
- CERT, MSC12-C. - Detect and remove code that has no effect or is never executed
- CERT, MSC12-CPP. - Detect and remove code that has no effect
Remove this commented out code. Open
//require_once dirname(__FILE__) . "/../database.php";
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Programmers should not comment out code as it bloats programs and reduces readability.
Unused code should be deleted and can be retrieved from source control history if required.
See
- MISRA C:2004, 2.4 - Sections of code should not be "commented out".
- MISRA C++:2008, 2-7-2 - Sections of code shall not be "commented out" using C-style comments.
- MISRA C++:2008, 2-7-3 - Sections of code should not be "commented out" using C++ comments.
- MISRA C:2012, Dir. 4.4 - Sections of code should not be "commented out"
Remove the unused function parameter "$map". Open
public function register($targetstring, &$map, &$item)
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Unused parameters are misleading. Whatever the value passed to such parameters is, the behavior will be the same.
Noncompliant Code Example
function doSomething($a, $b) { // "$a" is unused return compute($b); }
Compliant Solution
function doSomething($b) { return compute($b); }
Exceptions
Functions in classes that override a class or implement interfaces are ignored.
class C extends B { function doSomething($a, $b) { // no issue reported on $b compute($a); } }
See
- MISRA C++:2008, 0-1-11 - There shall be no unused parameters (named or unnamed) in nonvirtual functions.
- MISRA C:2012, 2.7 - There should be no unused parameters in functions
- CERT, MSC12-C. - Detect and remove code that has no effect or is never executed
- CERT, MSC12-CPP. - Detect and remove code that has no effect
Remove this commented out code. Open
// $result = db_fetch_row($SQL2);
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Programmers should not comment out code as it bloats programs and reduces readability.
Unused code should be deleted and can be retrieved from source control history if required.
See
- MISRA C:2004, 2.4 - Sections of code should not be "commented out".
- MISRA C++:2008, 2-7-2 - Sections of code shall not be "commented out" using C-style comments.
- MISRA C++:2008, 2-7-3 - Sections of code should not be "commented out" using C++ comments.
- MISRA C:2012, Dir. 4.4 - Sections of code should not be "commented out"
Refactor this function to reduce its Cognitive Complexity from 48 to the 15 allowed. Open
public function readData($targetString, &$map, &$mapItem)
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Cognitive Complexity is a measure of how hard the control flow of a function is to understand. Functions with high Cognitive Complexity will be difficult to maintain.
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Define a constant instead of duplicating this literal "item_type" 3 times. Open
$this->assertTrue($ui->validateArgument("item_type", "node"));
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Duplicated string literals make the process of refactoring error-prone, since you must be sure to update all occurrences.
On the other hand, constants can be referenced from many places, but only need to be updated in a single place.
Noncompliant Code Example
With the default threshold of 3:
function run() { prepare('action1'); // Non-Compliant - 'action1' is duplicated 3 times execute('action1'); release('action1'); }
Compliant Solution
ACTION_1 = 'action1'; function run() { prepare(ACTION_1); execute(ACTION_1); release(ACTION_1); }
Exceptions
To prevent generating some false-positives, literals having less than 5 characters are excluded.
Remove this commented out code. Open
//require_once dirname(__FILE__).'/../lib/all.php';
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Programmers should not comment out code as it bloats programs and reduces readability.
Unused code should be deleted and can be retrieved from source control history if required.
See
- MISRA C:2004, 2.4 - Sections of code should not be "commented out".
- MISRA C++:2008, 2-7-2 - Sections of code shall not be "commented out" using C-style comments.
- MISRA C++:2008, 2-7-3 - Sections of code should not be "commented out" using C++ comments.
- MISRA C:2012, Dir. 4.4 - Sections of code should not be "commented out"
Remove this commented out code. Open
//require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../lib/all.php';
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Programmers should not comment out code as it bloats programs and reduces readability.
Unused code should be deleted and can be retrieved from source control history if required.
See
- MISRA C:2004, 2.4 - Sections of code should not be "commented out".
- MISRA C++:2008, 2-7-2 - Sections of code shall not be "commented out" using C-style comments.
- MISRA C++:2008, 2-7-3 - Sections of code should not be "commented out" using C++ comments.
- MISRA C:2012, Dir. 4.4 - Sections of code should not be "commented out"
Define a constant instead of duplicating this literal "node6" 4 times. Open
$editor->addNode(200, 100, "node6");
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Duplicated string literals make the process of refactoring error-prone, since you must be sure to update all occurrences.
On the other hand, constants can be referenced from many places, but only need to be updated in a single place.
Noncompliant Code Example
With the default threshold of 3:
function run() { prepare('action1'); // Non-Compliant - 'action1' is duplicated 3 times execute('action1'); release('action1'); }
Compliant Solution
ACTION_1 = 'action1'; function run() { prepare(ACTION_1); execute(ACTION_1); release(ACTION_1); }
Exceptions
To prevent generating some false-positives, literals having less than 5 characters are excluded.
Define a constant instead of duplicating this literal "Some Simple Links and Nodes" 4 times. Open
"Some Simple Links and Nodes",
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Duplicated string literals make the process of refactoring error-prone, since you must be sure to update all occurrences.
On the other hand, constants can be referenced from many places, but only need to be updated in a single place.
Noncompliant Code Example
With the default threshold of 3:
function run() { prepare('action1'); // Non-Compliant - 'action1' is duplicated 3 times execute('action1'); release('action1'); }
Compliant Solution
ACTION_1 = 'action1'; function run() { prepare(ACTION_1); execute(ACTION_1); release(ACTION_1); }
Exceptions
To prevent generating some false-positives, literals having less than 5 characters are excluded.