C++ Source Code Analyzer Example
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The C++ source code analyzer example shows how to write a real world XQuery query.
Overview
Sometimes it is of use to analyze C++ code, in order to find common mistakes & patterns. For that one can use search & text utilites like grep on UNIX, or try to write ones own C++ parser and subsequently do search there.
But what if there were a simpler but still as correct approach?
g++, the open source C++ compiler, has an extension called GCC-XML that outputs the declarations in a compilation unit(a C++ file) in XML. Since that "C++ to XML" conversion is done with GCC itself, it means the parsing of the C++ code is done with one of the best C++ parsers on this planet.
Once the C++ is in XML, a query can swiftly navigate it to produce a report.
Global variables
Usually one wants to avoid global mutable variables in C++, since they have a state globally and therefore often is a source to bugs, especially related to threading.
For instance, in globals.cpp, the global, mutable integers as well as the global class instances should preferrably be avoided:
int mutablePrimitive1;
int mutablePrimitive2;
const int constPrimitive1 = 4;
const int constPrimitive2 = 3;
class ComplexClass
{
public:
ComplexClass();
ComplexClass(const ComplexClass &);
~ComplexClass();
};
ComplexClass mutableComplex1;
ComplexClass mutableComplex2;
const ComplexClass constComplex1;
const ComplexClass constComplex2;
int main()
{
int localVariable;
localVariable = 0;
return localVariable;
}
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