6.2.8. DeadCodeDetection

Find dead functions in the RFG

Required inputs: RFG

This rule identifies dead routines

Dead code reduces code readability and maintainability.

This rule does not modify the RFG (use Architecture-DeadCodeView to generate a Dead Code view).

Possible Messages

This rule has no predefined messages.

6.2.8.1. Options

• This rule shares the following common options: exclude_in_macros, exclude_messages_in_system_headers, excludes, includes, justification_checker, post_processing

• The following places define options that affect this rule: Analysis-GlobalOptions

advanced

Options that are normally not required

 

advanced.base_view : str = 'Code Facts'

Name of the base view where to search for dead code

 

advanced.entries_view : str = 'Entries'

Name of the entries view providing the entry points for alive functions

 

advanced.merge_copies : bool = True

Whether all copies of a function (due to missing dllexport) should be considered alive as soon as one of them is alive