To assess the quality of PVS-Studio C# diagnostics, we test it on a large number of software projects. Since projects are written by different programmers from different teams and companies, we...
Yes, you've guessed correctly - the answer is "42". In this article you will find 42 recommendations about coding in C++ that can help a programmer avoid a lot of errors, save time and effort...
In programming, a logical expression is a language construct that is evaluated as true or false. Many books that teach programming "from scratch" discuss possible operations on logical...
In arithmetic expressions, the types of operands can be converted to a common type. Such conversions are described in the language standard, and in C# they are much simpler than in C++. However...
One of the problems that 64-bit software developers have to face is overflows of 32-bit variables in very long loops. PVS-Studio code analyzer is very good at catching issues of this type (see...
Some people think that undefined behavior is caused only by gross errors (accessing outside the bounds of the array, for instance) or inadequate constructions (i = i++ + ++i, for example). That's...
Suppose, you need to implement an X functionality in your project. Theorists of software development will say that you have to take the already existing library Y, and use it to implement the...
Our team analyzes lots of open-source projects to demonstrate the diagnostic capabilities of the PVS-Studio analyzer. After reading our articles, people will often ask: "How does the program run...
I have unintentionally raised a large debate recently concerning the question of whether it is legal in C/C++ to use the &P->m_foo expression with P being a null pointer. The programmers...
Let us begin with mentioning that this article is completely non-serious. New Year is coming, holidays are almost there and there is no reason to do anything deliberate. That is why we decided...
