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1.. title:: clang-tidy - misc-no-recursion
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3misc-no-recursion
4=================
5
6Finds strongly connected functions (by analyzing the call graph for
7SCC's (Strongly Connected Components) that are loops),
8diagnoses each function in the cycle,
9and displays one example of a possible call graph loop (recursion).
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11References:
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13* 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>`_.
14* JPL Institutional Coding Standard for the C Programming Language (JPL DOCID D-60411) rule `2.4 Do not use direct or indirect recursion`.
15* 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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17Limitations:
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19* The check does not handle calls done through function pointers
20* The check does not handle C++ destructors
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