[cfe-dev] [RFC] Cyclomatic complexity checker

[Anna Zaks via cfe-dev]

This is correct. We do not have a checker for cyclomatic complexity. It should not be hard to implement. The trickiest part is coming up with a great user interface.

Cheers,
Anna.
> On Jun 21, 2016, at 12:45 AM, Stanislav Pankevich <s.pankevich at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I skimmed through available checkers in Clang Static Analyzer [1] and didn’t find a checker for cyclomatic complexity.
> 
> My assumption is that checker is not implemented because it doesn’t help to find bugs directly [2]. However I believe that this checker would help to reduce a number of bugs indirectly by decreasing a complexity of a source code.
> 
> Is there a way to see this checker in the upstream? If not what would be the best way to have it?
> 
> [1] http://clang-analyzer.llvm.org/available_checks.html
> [2] By definition, "The Clang Static Analyzer is a source code analysis tool that finds bugs in C, C++, and Objective-C programs.” (from http://clang-analyzer.llvm.org/index.html)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Stanislav
>