C# Code Checker

[Paul Jones]

Does anyone know if there is a C# code checker that will spot any (or
preferably all) of the following:
- Unused parameters in functions;
- Unused functions;
- Wrong scope (of functions, variables, enums, etc.,) e.g. can their scope
be reduced from public to protected or private.

Thanks, Paul

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Re: C# Code Checker

Paul Jones <noname@nomail. comwrote:

Does anyone know if there is a C# code checker that will spot any (or
preferably all) of the following:
- Unused parameters in functions;
- Unused functions;
- Wrong scope (of functions, variables, enums, etc.,) e.g. can their scope
be reduced from public to protected or private.

FXCop may well do all of those - I can't say I use it myself.

ReSharper (jetbrains.com) is excellent at spotting this kind of thing
within the IDE, but I don't know whether you can tell it to perform the
check outside the IDE and produce a report, for instance.

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[Chris]

Re: C# Code Checker

"Paul Jones" <noname@nomail. comwrote in message
news:07%1j.1989 $8k2.1465@newsf e4-win.ntli.net...

Does anyone know if there is a C# code checker that will spot any (or
preferably all) of the following:
- Unused parameters in functions;
- Unused functions;
- Wrong scope (of functions, variables, enums, etc.,) e.g. can their scope
be reduced from public to protected or private.

ReSharper, as John recommended, does all of those things well. Unfortunately
I had to stop using it because of a few silly things, like it made my
context menu ridiculously long.

Chris

[Hilton]

Re: C# Code Checker

Paul,

I've been tempted to develop something along those lines - even something
for my own use. There are many opportunities here such as the one you've
mentioned, plus others such as (for example) passing OK, Cancel, Retry to a
MessageBox on the Smartphone - that parameter is always invalid, and
changing method to private in a post-op, and notifying you of recursion
especially in "public int Age { get { this.Age; } }".

I use FxCop regularly and it does help, I wish they would update it
occasionally though - FxCop was release 6/2006.

Hilton


"Paul Jones" <noname@nomail. comwrote in message
news:07%1j.1989 $8k2.1465@newsf e4-win.ntli.net...

Does anyone know if there is a C# code checker that will spot any (or
preferably all) of the following:
- Unused parameters in functions;
- Unused functions;
- Wrong scope (of functions, variables, enums, etc.,) e.g. can their scope
be reduced from public to protected or private.
>
Thanks, Paul
>

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Re: C# Code Checker

FxCop with "a grain of salt", please. If you run it against the Microsoft
Enterprise Library you'll get a list of errors that will keep you busy for
days...

--Peter
"Inside every large program, there is a small program trying to get out."

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"Hilton" wrote:

Paul,
>
I've been tempted to develop something along those lines - even something
for my own use. There are many opportunities here such as the one you've
mentioned, plus others such as (for example) passing OK, Cancel, Retry to a
MessageBox on the Smartphone - that parameter is always invalid, and
changing method to private in a post-op, and notifying you of recursion
especially in "public int Age { get { this.Age; } }".
>
I use FxCop regularly and it does help, I wish they would update it
occasionally though - FxCop was release 6/2006.
>
Hilton
>
>
"Paul Jones" <noname@nomail. comwrote in message
news:07%1j.1989 $8k2.1465@newsf e4-win.ntli.net...

Does anyone know if there is a C# code checker that will spot any (or
preferably all) of the following:
- Unused parameters in functions;
- Unused functions;
- Wrong scope (of functions, variables, enums, etc.,) e.g. can their scope
be reduced from public to protected or private.

Thanks, Paul

>
>
>

[Hilton]

Re: C# Code Checker

Peter,

I make sure to only enable the rules I care about. Do you know if MSFT
plans on updating FxCop? Do you know of any better tools out there worth
trying?

Thanks,

Hilton


"Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]" <pbromberg@yaho o.NoSpamMaam.co mwrote in message
news:62390D19-8705-46B9-B834-5727D3801AB6@mi crosoft.com...

FxCop with "a grain of salt", please. If you run it against the Microsoft
Enterprise Library you'll get a list of errors that will keep you busy for
days...
>
--Peter
"Inside every large program, there is a small program trying to get out."

http://www.eggheadcafe.com

http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com

http://www.blogmetafinder.com

>
>
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"Hilton" wrote:
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>Paul,
>>
>I've been tempted to develop something along those lines - even something
>for my own use. There are many opportunities here such as the one you've
>mentioned, plus others such as (for example) passing OK, Cancel, Retry to
>a
>MessageBox on the Smartphone - that parameter is always invalid, and
>changing method to private in a post-op, and notifying you of recursion
>especially in "public int Age { get { this.Age; } }".
>>
>I use FxCop regularly and it does help, I wish they would update it
>occasionally though - FxCop was release 6/2006.
>>
>Hilton
>>
>>
>"Paul Jones" <noname@nomail. comwrote in message
>news:07%1j.198 9$8k2.1465@news fe4-win.ntli.net...

Does anyone know if there is a C# code checker that will spot any (or
preferably all) of the following:
- Unused parameters in functions;
- Unused functions;
- Wrong scope (of functions, variables, enums, etc.,) e.g. can their
scope
be reduced from public to protected or private.
>
Thanks, Paul
>

>>
>>
>>

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

Re: C# Code Checker

If you want serious code analysis get a copy of NDepend. It has a code query
language (CQL) that if the stuff you're looking for isn't already defined
you can use to create a query that will extract whatever information you
like.

https://www.ndepend.com

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"Paul Jones" <noname@nomail. comwrote in message
news:07%1j.1989 $8k2.1465@newsf e4-win.ntli.net...

Does anyone know if there is a C# code checker that will spot any (or
preferably all) of the following:
- Unused parameters in functions;
- Unused functions;
- Wrong scope (of functions, variables, enums, etc.,) e.g. can their scope
be reduced from public to protected or private.
>
Thanks, Paul
>