LANG.ID.ND.SS : Non-distinct Identifiers: Same Scope

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LANG.ID.ND.SS : Non-distinct Identifiers: Same Scope

Summary

Two or more identifiers are declared at the same scope but are not distinct.

Specifically, two or more identifiers have the same first N (case-sensitive) characters, where:

N depends on the setting of SIGNIFICANCE_LEN_OTHER.
The identifiers are declared in exactly the same scope.
At least one of the identifiers does not have external linkage.
None of the identifiers are macro identifiers.

See Identifier Classes for related warning classes.

Properties

Class Name

Non-distinct Identifiers: Same Scope

Significance

style

Mnemonic

LANG.ID.ND.SS

Categories

MisraC2025	MisraC2025:5.2	Identifiers declared in the same scope and name space shall be distinct
MisraC2023	MisraC2023:5.2	Identifiers declared in the same scope and name space shall be distinct
Misra2012	Misra2012:5.2	Identifiers declared in the same scope and name space shall be distinct
Misra2004	Misra2004:5.1	Identifiers (internal and external) shall not rely on the significance of more than 31 characters
AUTOSARC++14	AUTOSARC++14:A2-10-6	A class or enumeration name shall not be hidden by a variable, function or enumerator declaration in the same scope.
MisraC++2008	MisraC++2008:2-10-6	If an identifier refers to a type, it shall not also refer to an object or a function in the same scope.
CWE	CWE:710	Improper Adherence to Coding Standards
CERT-C	CERT-C:DCL23-C	Guarantee that mutually visible identifiers are unique
JSF++	JSF++:46	User-specified identifiers (internal and external) will not rely on significance of more than 64 characters.

Availability

Available for C and C++.

Enabling

Checks for this warning class are disabled by default, and require the unnormalized C ASTs for the project. To enable them, add the following WARNING_FILTER rule and RETAIN_UNNORMALIZED_C_AST specification to the project configuration file.

RETAIN_UNNORMALIZED_C_AST = Yes
WARNING_FILTER += allow class="Non-distinct Identifiers: Same Scope"

Note that retaining the unnormalized ASTs will increase the disk space used to store the project representation, and may make the analysis take longer.

Example

Suppose SIGNIFICANCE_LEN_OTHER=-1.

Note that declarations do not need to be in the same file in order to trigger a warning of this class.

void lang_id_nd_ss(void){
    /* pair 1:  distinct in first 31 characters */
    int neither1234567890A;
    int neither1234567890B;

    /* pair 2:  distinct in first 63 characters; not distinct in first 31 characters
     *  - 'Non-distinct Identifiers: Same Scope' warning issued for C90 only */
    int c90only123456789012345678901234567890A;
    int c90only123456789012345678901234567890B;

    /* pair 3:  not distinct in first 63 characters
     *  - 'Non-distinct Identifiers: Same Scope' warning issued for both C90 and C99 */
    int both123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890A;
    int both123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890B;
        
    /* ... */
}

Relevant Configuration File Parameters

The following configuration file parameters affect checks for this warning class.

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