| .. title:: clang-tidy - misc-no-recursion |
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| misc-no-recursion |
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| Finds strongly connected functions (by analyzing the call graph for |
| SCC's (Strongly Connected Components) that are loops), |
| diagnoses each function in the cycle, |
| and displays one example of a possible call graph loop (recursion). |
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| References: |
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| * CERT C++ Coding Standard rule `DCL56-CPP. Avoid cycles during initialization of static objects <https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/cplusplus/DCL56-CPP.+Avoid+cycles+during+initialization+of+static+objects>`_. |
| * JPL Institutional Coding Standard for the C Programming Language (JPL DOCID D-60411) rule `2.4 Do not use direct or indirect recursion`. |
| * OpenCL Specification, Version 1.2 rule `6.9 Restrictions: i. Recursion is not supported. <https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenCL/specs/opencl-1.2.pdf>`_. |
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| Limitations: |
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| * The check does not handle calls done through function pointers |
| * The check does not handle C++ destructors |
