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diff --git a/docs/CHECKSRC.md b/docs/CHECKSRC.md index f246b57e1..543ea5620 100644 --- a/docs/CHECKSRC.md +++ b/docs/CHECKSRC.md @@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ Lists how to use the script and it lists all existing warnings it has and problems it detects. At the time of this writing, the existing checksrc warnings are: +- `ASSIGNWITHINCONDITION`: Assignment within a conditional expression. The + code style mandates the assignment to be done outside of it. + +- `ASTERISKNOSPACE`: A pointer was declared like `char* name` instead of the more + appropriate `char *name` style. The asterisk should sit next to the name. + +- `ASTERISKSPACE`: A pointer was declared like `char * name` instead of the + more appropriate `char *name` style. The asterisk should sit right next to + the name without a space in between. + - `BADCOMMAND`: There's a bad !checksrc! instruction in the code. See the **Ignore certain warnings** section below for details. @@ -49,17 +59,32 @@ warnings are: - `FOPENMODE`: `fopen()` needs a macro for the mode string, use it -- `INDENTATION`: detected a wrong start column for code. Note that this warning - only checks some specific places and will certainly miss many bad +- `INDENTATION`: detected a wrong start column for code. Note that this + warning only checks some specific places and will certainly miss many bad indentations. - `LONGLINE`: A line is longer than 79 columns. +- `MULTISPACE`: Multiple spaces were found where only one should be used. + +- `NOSPACEEQUALS`: An equals sign was found without preceding space. We prefer + `a = 2` and *not* `a=2`. + +- `OPENCOMMENT`: File ended with a comment (`/*`) still "open". + - `PARENBRACE`: `){` was used without sufficient space in between. - `RETURNNOSPACE`: `return` was used without space between the keyword and the following value. +- `SEMINOSPACE`: There was no space (or newline) following a semicolon. + +- `SIZEOFNOPAREN`: Found use of sizeof without parentheses. We prefer + `sizeof(int)` style. + +- `SNPRINTF` - Found use of `snprintf()`. Since we use an internal replacement + with a different return code etc, we prefer `msnprintf()`. + - `SPACEAFTERPAREN`: there was a space after open parenthesis, `( text`. - `SPACEBEFORECLOSE`: there was a space before a close parenthesis, `text )`. |