/** * @name Constant in conditional expression or statement * @description The conditional is always true or always false * @kind problem * @tags maintainability * useless-code * external/cwe/cwe-561 * external/cwe/cwe-570 * external/cwe/cwe-571 * @problem.severity warning * @sub-severity low * @precision very-high * @id py/constant-conditional-expression */ import python predicate is_condition(Expr cond) { exists(If i | i.getTest() = cond) or exists(IfExp ie | ie.getTest() = cond) } /* Treat certain unmodified builtins as constants as well. */ predicate effective_constant(Name cond) { exists(GlobalVariable var | var = cond.getVariable() and not exists(NameNode f | f.defines(var)) | var.getId() = "True" or var.getId() = "False" or var.getId() = "NotImplemented" ) } predicate test_makes_code_unreachable(Expr cond) { exists(If i | i.getTest() = cond | i.getStmt(0).isUnreachable() or i.getOrelse(0).isUnreachable()) or exists(While w | w.getTest() = cond and w.getStmt(0).isUnreachable()) } from Expr cond where is_condition(cond) and (cond.isConstant() or effective_constant(cond)) and /* Ignore cases where test makes code unreachable, as that is handled in different query */ not test_makes_code_unreachable(cond) select cond, "Testing a constant will always give the same result."