Static Analysis

Static Analysis for C/C++

A static analysis acts like a proof-reader for your project. It performs various checks like grammer check in MS Word. It suggest ways to improve code flow, correct logical errors or reduce non-reachable parts of code. There are many options to integrate Static Analysis to your project. One of the opensource available option is cppcheck.

You can integrate cppcheck in your Makefile to automate the checking.

Install cppcheck on your system from a new terminal:

sudo apt-get install cppcheck

Amend the Makefile to integrate cppcheck as follows:

# CPPCHECK
CPPCHECK = cppcheck
CPPCHECK_FLAGS = --quiet --enable=all --error-exitcode=1 --inline-suppr

cppcheck:
    $(CPPCHECK) $(CPPCHECK_FLAGS)\
        -I $(INCLUDE_DIR)\
        $(SOURCES)

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