No raw arrays in interfaces¶

ID: cpp/array-in-interfaceKind: problemSecurity severity: Severity: recommendationPrecision: highTags:   - reliability   - readability   - language-features   - external/jsfQuery suites:   - cpp-security-and-quality.qls

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This rule finds class members (functions or data) that are or use arrays. This is particularly important for functions with array type parameters, as these parameters are treated as pointers to the array’s first element inside the function (array decay). Assuming that it is still has the type of the array passed to the function can cause unexpected behavior (e.g. when using thesizeof operator).

voidf(charbuf[]){//wrong: uses an array as a parameter typeintlength=sizeof(buf);//will return sizeof(char*), not the size of the array passed...}