Function CheckLanguage

util/cpplint.py:4607–4762

Checks rules from the 'C++ language rules' section of cppguide.html. Some of these rules are hard to test (function overloading, using uint32 inappropriately), but we do the best we can. Args: filename: The name of the current file. clean_lines: A CleansedLines instance containing th

(filename, clean_lines, linenum, file_extension,
                  include_state, nesting_state, error)

def CheckLanguage(filename, clean_lines, linenum, file_extension,
                  include_state, nesting_state, error):
  """Checks rules from the 'C++ language rules' section of cppguide.html.

  Some of these rules are hard to test (function overloading, using
  uint32 inappropriately), but we do the best we can.

  Args:
    filename: The name of the current file.
    clean_lines: A CleansedLines instance containing the file.
    linenum: The number of the line to check.
    file_extension: The extension (without the dot) of the filename.
    include_state: An _IncludeState instance in which the headers are inserted.
    nesting_state: A NestingState instance which maintains information about
                   the current stack of nested blocks being parsed.
    error: The function to call with any errors found.
  """
  # If the line is empty or consists of entirely a comment, no need to
  # check it.
  line = clean_lines.elided[linenum]
  if not line:
    return

  match = _RE_PATTERN_INCLUDE.search(line)
  if match:
    CheckIncludeLine(filename, clean_lines, linenum, include_state, error)
    return

  # Reset include state across preprocessor directives.  This is meant
  # to silence warnings for conditional includes.
  match = Match(r'^\s*#\s*(if|ifdef|ifndef|elif|else|endif)\b', line)
  if match:
    include_state.ResetSection(match.group(1))

  # Make Windows paths like Unix.
  fullname = os.path.abspath(filename).replace('\\', '/')

  # Perform other checks now that we are sure that this is not an include line
  CheckCasts(filename, clean_lines, linenum, error)
  CheckGlobalStatic(filename, clean_lines, linenum, error)
  CheckPrintf(filename, clean_lines, linenum, error)

  if IsHeaderExtension(file_extension):
    # TODO(unknown): check that 1-arg constructors are explicit.
    #                How to tell it's a constructor?
    #                (handled in CheckForNonStandardConstructs for now)
    # TODO(unknown): check that classes declare or disable copy/assign
    #                (level 1 error)
    pass

  # Check if people are using the verboten C basic types.  The only exception
  # we regularly allow is "unsigned short port" for port.
  if Search(r'\bshort port\b', line):
    if not Search(r'\bunsigned short port\b', line):
      error(filename, linenum, 'runtime/int', 4,
            'Use "unsigned short" for ports, not "short"')
  else:
    match = Search(r'\b(short|long(?! +double)|long long)\b', line)