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Fix #789: Reduce False positives on A7-1-2 (VariableMissingConstexpr.ql) #794

Closed rak3-sh closed 2 days ago

rak3-sh commented 2 weeks ago

Description

This PR fixes #789. Specifically it implements the below changes.

  1. Don't raise alerts on non-static member variables.
  2. Check the qualifiers of Call as well in isCompileTimeEvaluatedCall (using isCompileTimeEvaluatedExpression) to avoid raising this alert variables initialized by compiler generated variables. (e.g. range based for-loops).

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rak3-sh commented 2 weeks ago

@lcartey : Requesting your review on this PR to fix #789. Let me know your valuable suggestions!

lcartey commented 5 days ago

@rak3-sh a couple of missing markers, otherwise looks good!