Fix RULE-7-0-1 false positives for bool-to-reference bindings - #1176
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`NoConversionFromBool.ql` excludes conversions whose destination type, after `stripTopLevelSpecifiers()`, is `bool`. `ReferenceType` does not override `stripTopLevelSpecifiers()`, so a `bool` value bound to a `bool&`/`const bool&` parameter is not stripped down to `BoolType` and the rule fires even though no actual type conversion happens (only a reference binding to the same type).
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RULE-7-0-1'sNoConversionFromBool.qlexcludes a conversion when thedestination type, after
stripTopLevelSpecifiers(), isbool. However,ReferenceTypedoes not overridestripTopLevelSpecifiers()(the baseTypeimplementation returnsthisunchanged), so aboolvalue boundto a
bool&/const bool¶meter is never stripped down toBoolTypeand the rule fires — even though no actual value conversion happens, only
a reference binding to the same underlying type.
This was found while triaging RULE-7-0-1 alerts in
eclipse-score/communication:46 of 51 open alerts (~90%) are this shape:
bool&/const bool&out-parameters and variadic/generic logginghelpers (e.g.
LogInfo(logger, some_bool_expr, ...)forwarded throughArgs&&...).std::pair-style forwarding-reference constructors instantiated withbool(e.g.return {value, overflow_flag};, or amap::insert()-returned pair consumed via a structured binding),reported as
Conversion from 'bool' to 'type &'because theconstructor's un-instantiated template parameter name is shown instead
of the deduced
bool.Change request type
.ql,.qll,.qlsor unit tests)Rules with added or modified queries
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