C and C++ SoftBench User's Guide

Using SoftBench CodeAdvisor
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SoftBench CodeAdvisor continues to increase the number of rules that it
checks. Consequently, rules are grouped into categories which allows you
to choose which rule groups you want to check. The rules are divided into
the following groups:
• Definite Defects (default)
• Probable Defects (default)
• Possible Defects
• Maintenance/Confusing Code
• Critical Portability
• Non-critical Portability
• Style
• Future Defects/Land Mines
You or your local programming staff and site administrators can extend
SoftBench CodeAdvisor to add even more rules and rule groups.
User-defined rules allow you to check for specific problems that concern
your organization. You can also change the contents of rule groups,
including breaking out platform specific portability dependencies. Refer
to the SoftBench SDK: CodeAdvisor and Static Programmer's Guide for
details on creating rule groups.
SoftBench CodeAdvisor cannot detect every logic error in your code.
However, by running SoftBench CodeAdvisor on your code, you can be
confident that a variety of subtle problems have been detected.