Examples of Linticator Messages and Fixes¶

The following class has several problems that demonstrate some of Linticator's Quick Fixes:

#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include "LinticatorDemo.h" 
#include "LinticatorDemo.h" 

struct LinticatorDemo {

    /*
     * This function should be declared virtual:
     */
    void shouldBeVirtual() = 0;

    /* The following function shows several problems:
     *
     * - the parameter s could be made const
     * - the function could be made const
     * - not all paths return a value
     * - the local variable is unused
     */
    std::string couldBeMadeConst(std::string& s) {

        int unused;

        if (1 == 2) {

        } else {
            return s;
        }
    }

    void copy() {
        std::vector<int> in, out;
        // the return value of copy is ignored:
        std::copy(in.begin(), in.end(), out.begin());
    }
};

And here is how this will look like with Linticator's editor annotations:

Here's another one, how quickly can you spot the error?

int a[3][3] = { { 1, 2, 3 }, { 4, 5, 6 }, { 7, 8, 9 } };
int sum(int a[3][3]) {
    int i = 0, j = 0, k = 0;
    for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
        for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
            k += a[i][j];
        }
    }
    return k;
}

For more Lint examples, take a look at Gimpel's Software Bug of the Month.