Synopsis

A constant value is used as the condition for a loop or if statement.

Enabled by default

No

Severity/Certainty

Low/High

Full description

A constant value is used as the condition for a loop or if statement. This might be an error. If the condition is part of a for or while loop, it will never terminate.

Coding standards

Code examples

The following code example fails the check and will give a warning:

void example(void) {
  int x = 0;
  while (10){
    ++x;
  }
}

The following code example passes the check and will not give a warning about this issue:

void example(void) {
  int x = 0;
  while (x < 10){
    ++x;
  }
}