rspec/rules/S1272/cfamily/rule.adoc

== Why is this an issue?

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setColorPoint(Point p, String Color);   //violation
void setColorPoint(Point p, String Color);   //Ok
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If you do not specify a return type, the compiler will assume either void or int, depending on the compiler. You should explicitly declare the return type so that the result will be unambiguous. (Readability)


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== Comments And Links
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=== duplicates: S820

=== on 22 Apr 2014, 21:48:32 Evgeny Mandrikov wrote:
As far as I know {cpp} standard requires a type specifier for all declarations, so I'm wondering which compiler allows specification of function without type in {cpp} mode?

=== on 28 Apr 2014, 22:29:55 Evgeny Mandrikov wrote:
\[~ann.campbell.2] moreover - maybe this ticket duplicate of RSPEC-820? Which again for some unknown reason targets {cpp}.

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migrate rule descriptions to new education format 2023-05-03 11:06:20 +02:00			`== Why is this an issue?`

RULEAPI-617: Add Jira closed RSPECs in Github repository 2021-06-08 14:23:48 +02:00			`----`
			`setColorPoint(Point p, String Color); //violation`
			`void setColorPoint(Point p, String Color); //Ok`
			`----`
			`If you do not specify a return type, the compiler will assume either void or int, depending on the compiler. You should explicitly declare the return type so that the result will be unambiguous. (Readability)`


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RULEAPI-576: add a horizontal rule between rule description and comments 2021-06-08 15:52:13 +02:00			`'''`
RULEAPI-617: Add Jira closed RSPECs in Github repository 2021-06-08 14:23:48 +02:00			`== Comments And Links`
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Inline adoc when include has no additional value (#1940) Inline adoc files when they are included exactly once. Also fix language tags because this inlining gives us better information on what language the code is written in. 2023-05-25 14:18:12 +02:00			`=== duplicates: S820`

			`=== on 22 Apr 2014, 21:48:32 Evgeny Mandrikov wrote:`
			`As far as I know {cpp} standard requires a type specifier for all declarations, so I'm wondering which compiler allows specification of function without type in {cpp} mode?`

			`=== on 28 Apr 2014, 22:29:55 Evgeny Mandrikov wrote:`
			`\[~ann.campbell.2] moreover - maybe this ticket duplicate of RSPEC-820? Which again for some unknown reason targets {cpp}.`

RULEAPI-617: Add Jira closed RSPECs in Github repository 2021-06-08 14:23:48 +02:00			`endif::env-github,rspecator-view[]`