Continue statement that does not continue¶
ID: cpp/continue-in-false-loopKind: problemSecurity severity: Severity: warningPrecision: highTags: - correctnessQuery suites: - cpp-security-and-quality.qls
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Acontinue statement only re-runs the loop if the loop condition is true. Therefore usingcontinue in a loop with a constant false condition will never cause the loop body to be re-run, which is misleading.
Recommendation¶
Replace thecontinue statement with abreak statement if the intent is to break from the loop.
References¶
Tutorialspoint - C Programming Language:Continue Statement in C.