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| author | Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> | 2020-07-04 11:12:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> | 2020-07-04 15:05:30 +0200 |
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diff --git a/vendor/github.com/uudashr/gocognit/README.md b/vendor/github.com/uudashr/gocognit/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4a8846907 --- /dev/null +++ b/vendor/github.com/uudashr/gocognit/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,185 @@ +[](https://godoc.org/github.com/uudashr/gocognit) +# Gocognit +Gocognit calculates cognitive complexities of functions in Go source code. A measurement of how hard does the code is intuitively to understand. + +## Understanding the complexity + +Given code using `if` statement, +```go +func GetWords(number int) string { + if number == 1 { // +1 + return "one" + } else if number == 2 { // +1 + return "a couple" + } else if number == 3 { // +1 + return "a few" + } else { // +1 + return "lots" + } +} // Cognitive complexity = 4 +``` + +Above code can be refactored using `switch` statement, +```go +func GetWords(number int) string { + switch number { // +1 + case 1: + return "one" + case 2: + return "a couple" + case 3: + return "a few" + default: + return "lots" + } +} // Cognitive complexity = 1 +``` + +As you see above codes are the same, but the second code are easier to understand, that is why the cognitive complexity score are lower compare to the first one. + +## Comparison with cyclometic complexity + +### Example 1 +#### Cyclometic complexity +```go +func GetWords(number int) string { // +1 + switch number { + case 1: // +1 + return "one" + case 2: // +1 + return "a couple" + case 3: // +1 + return "a few" + default: + return "lots" + } +} // Cyclomatic complexity = 4 +``` + +#### Cognitive complexity +```go +func GetWords(number int) string { + switch number { // +1 + case 1: + return "one" + case 2: + return "a couple" + case 3: + return "a few" + default: + return "lots" + } +} // Cognitive complexity = 1 +``` + +Cognitive complexity give lower score compare to cyclomatic complexity. + +### Example 2 +#### Cyclomatic complexity +```go +func SumOfPrimes(max int) int { // +1 + var total int + +OUT: + for i := 1; i < max; i++ { // +1 + for j := 2; j < i; j++ { // +1 + if i%j == 0 { // +1 + continue OUT + } + } + total += i + } + + return total +} // Cyclomatic complexity = 4 +``` + +#### Cognitive complexity +```go +func SumOfPrimes(max int) int { + var total int + +OUT: + for i := 1; i < max; i++ { // +1 + for j := 2; j < i; j++ { // +2 (nesting = 1) + if i%j == 0 { // +3 (nesting = 2) + continue OUT // +1 + } + } + total += i + } + + return total +} // Cognitive complexity = 7 +``` + +Cognitive complexity give higher score compare to cyclomatic complexity. + +## Rules + +The cognitive complexity of a function is calculated according to the +following rules: +> Note: these rules are specific for Go, please see the [original whitepaper](https://www.sonarsource.com/docs/CognitiveComplexity.pdf) for more complete reference. + +### Increments +There is an increment for each of the following: +1. `if`, `else if`, `else` +2. `switch`, `select` +3. `for` +4. `goto` LABEL, `break` LABEL, `continue` LABEL +5. sequence of binary logical operators +6. each method in a recursion cycle + +### Nesting level +The following structures increment the nesting level: +1. `if`, `else if`, `else` +2. `switch`, `select` +3. `for` +4. function literal or lambda + +### Nesting increments +The following structures receive a nesting increment commensurate with their nested depth inside nesting structures: +1. `if` +2. `switch`, `select` +3. `for` + +## Installation +``` +$ go get github.com/uudashr/gocognit/cmd/gocognit +``` + +## Usage + +``` +$ gocognit +Calculate cognitive complexities of Go functions. +Usage: + gocognit [flags] <Go file or directory> ... +Flags: + -over N show functions with complexity > N only and + return exit code 1 if the set is non-empty + -top N show the top N most complex functions only + -avg show the average complexity over all functions, + not depending on whether -over or -top are set +The output fields for each line are: +<complexity> <package> <function> <file:row:column> +``` + +Examples: + +``` +$ gocognit . +$ gocognit main.go +$ gocognit -top 10 src/ +$ gocognit -over 25 docker +$ gocognit -avg . +``` + +The output fields for each line are: +``` +<complexity> <package> <function> <file:row:column> +``` + +## Related project +- [Gocyclo](https://github.com/fzipp/gocyclo) where the code are based on. +- [Cognitive Complexity: A new way of measuring understandability](https://www.sonarsource.com/docs/CognitiveComplexity.pdf) white paper by G. Ann Campbell.
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