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/**
* @name Unguarded next in generator
* @description Calling next() in a generator may cause unintended early termination of an iteration.
* @kind problem
* @tags maintainability
* portability
* @problem.severity warning
* @sub-severity low
* @precision very-high
* @id py/unguarded-next-in-generator
*/
import python
private import semmle.python.ApiGraphs
API::Node iter() { result = API::builtin("iter") }
API::Node next() { result = API::builtin("next") }
API::Node stopIteration() { result = API::builtin("StopIteration") }
predicate call_to_iter(CallNode call, EssaVariable sequence) {
call = iter().getACall().asCfgNode() and
call.getArg(0) = sequence.getAUse()
}
predicate call_to_next(CallNode call, ControlFlowNode iter) {
call = next().getACall().asCfgNode() and
call.getArg(0) = iter
}
predicate call_to_next_has_default(CallNode call) {
exists(call.getArg(1)) or exists(call.getArgByName("default"))
}
predicate guarded_not_empty_sequence(EssaVariable sequence) {
sequence.getDefinition() instanceof EssaEdgeRefinement
}
/**
* Holds if `iterator` is not exhausted.
*
* The pattern `next(iter(x))` is often used where `x` is known not be empty. Check for that.
*/
predicate iter_not_exhausted(EssaVariable iterator) {
exists(EssaVariable sequence |
call_to_iter(iterator.getDefinition().(AssignmentDefinition).getValue(), sequence) and
guarded_not_empty_sequence(sequence)
)
}
predicate stop_iteration_handled(CallNode call) {
exists(Try t |
t.containsInScope(call.getNode()) and
t.getAHandler().getType() = stopIteration().getAValueReachableFromSource().asExpr()
)
}
from CallNode call
where
call_to_next(call, _) and
not call_to_next_has_default(call) and
not exists(EssaVariable iterator |
call_to_next(call, iterator.getAUse()) and
iter_not_exhausted(iterator)
) and
call.getNode().getScope().(Function).isGenerator() and
not exists(Comp comp | comp.contains(call.getNode())) and
not stop_iteration_handled(call) and
// PEP 479 removes this concern from 3.7 onwards
// see: https://peps.python.org/pep-0479/
//
// However, we do not know the minor version of the analyzed code (only of the extractor),
// so we only alert on Python 2.
major_version() = 2
select call, "Call to 'next()' in a generator."