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/**
* @name Constant in conditional expression or statement
* @description The conditional is always true or always false
* @kind problem
* @tags quality
* 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."