The indentation of else branch should be unambiguous

• AMBIGUOUS_ELSE_BRANCH
• Code Quality
• Low
• cwe

This rule applies when else branches are indented ambiguously.

Without braces ({}), the else branch belongs to the nearest if statement. This rule detects an alarm when the else branch is ambiguously aligned with an outer if statement.

Noncompliant Code Example

if (a)
    if (b)
        foo();
else // AMBIGUOUS_ELSE_BRANCH alarm
    bar();

Compliant Code Example

if (a) {
    if (b) {
        foo();
    } else {
        bar();
    }
}
// or
if (a) {
    if (b) {
        foo();
    }
} else {
    bar();
}

Version

This rule was introduced in DeepScan 1.28.0.

See

• CWE-670

• if…else