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codeql/python/ql/src/Statements/SideEffectInAssert.ql
Taus 5b63b4957c Python: Fix query tests
Mostly just adding `private import LegacyPointsTo`. Sometimes getting
rid of other imports that are superceded by that module.
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/**
* @name An assert statement has a side-effect
* @description Side-effects in assert statements result in differences between normal
* and optimized behavior.
* @kind problem
* @tags quality
* reliability
* correctness
* @problem.severity error
* @sub-severity low
* @precision high
* @id py/side-effect-in-assert
*/
import python
private import LegacyPointsTo
predicate func_with_side_effects(Expr e) {
exists(string name | name = e.(Attribute).getName() or name = e.(Name).getId() |
name in [
"print", "write", "append", "pop", "remove", "discard", "delete", "close", "open", "exit"
]
)
}
predicate call_with_side_effect(Call e) {
e.getAFlowNode() = Value::named("subprocess.call").getACall()
or
e.getAFlowNode() = Value::named("subprocess.check_call").getACall()
or
e.getAFlowNode() = Value::named("subprocess.check_output").getACall()
}
predicate probable_side_effect(Expr e) {
// Only consider explicit yields, not artificial ones in comprehensions
e instanceof Yield and not exists(Comp c | c.contains(e))
or
e instanceof YieldFrom
or
e instanceof Call and func_with_side_effects(e.(Call).getFunc())
or
e instanceof Call and call_with_side_effect(e)
}
from Assert a, Expr e
where probable_side_effect(e) and a.contains(e)
select a, "This 'assert' statement contains an $@ which may have side effects.", e, "expression"