Legacy flow control with no associated statements

objectscriptQuality release 
1.0.0
Id 
OS0043
Rule type 
Code Smell
Severity 

Blocker

Blocker
SQALE characteristic 
  • Reliability
    • Logic
Tags 
deprecation, probable-bug, trap
Remediation function 
Constant/issue
Remediation cost 
10min

This check verifies that a legacy flow control statement has at least one associated statement to it.

The trap with legacy flow control statements is that associated statements must be on the same line; the following will actually execute ..something() even though the condition is false:

    method m()
    {
        set condition = 0
        if condition
            do ..something() // NOT THE SAME STATEMENT!!
    }

The correct way to write the above is actually:

    method m()
    {
        set condition = 0
        if (condition) {
            do ..something()
        }
    }