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This noncompliant code example demonstrates how dead code can be introduced into a program [Fortify 062006]:
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public int func(boolean condition) {
int x = 0;
if (condition) {
x = foo();
/* Process x */
return x;
}
/* ... */
if (x != 0) {
/* This code is never executed */
}
return x;
}
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Related Guidelines
| ISO/IEC TR 24772:2013 | Unspecified Functionality [BVQ] Likely incorrect expressions [KOA] Dead and Deactivated Code [XYQ] |
| [MISRA 04] | Rule 2.4 |
| MITRE 07 | CWE ID 561, Dead code |
Bibliography
| [Fortify 062006] | Code Quality, "Dead Code" |
| [Coverity 07] |
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