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/**
* @name Complex condition
* @description Boolean expressions that are too deeply nested are hard to read and understand. Consider naming intermediate results as local variables.
* @kind problem
* @problem.severity recommendation
* @precision high
* @id cpp/complex-condition
* @tags testability
* readability
* maintainability
* statistical
* non-attributable
*/
import cpp
predicate logicalOp(string op) {
op = "&&" or op = "||"
}
predicate nontrivialLogicalOperator(Operation e) {
exists(string op |
op = e.getOperator() and
logicalOp(op) and
not (op = e.getParent().(Operation).getOperator())
)
and not e.isInMacroExpansion()
}
from Expr e, int operators
where not (e.getParent() instanceof Expr)
and operators = count(Operation op | op.getParent*() = e and nontrivialLogicalOperator(op))
and operators > 5
select e, "Complex condition: too many logical operations in this expression."