Release date: April 28, 2020
This release includes the following enhancements:
New Versioning Convention
All Parasoft products, including C/C++test, now follow a new versioning scheme: YYYY.release.
Extended Automotive Compliance Pack
We've extended the Automotive Pack to help you achieve compliance with the automotive standards.
MISRA C:2012 Amendment 2
We've added new rules to the MISRA C 2012 test configuration to fully cover the guidelines in MISRA C 2012 Amendment 2.
AUTOSAR C++ 14
We've added new rules to the AUTOSAR C++14 Coding Guidelines test configuration and updated the existing rules to extend support for AUTOSAR C++ 14 .
Increasing Code Coverage with Coverage Advisor
You can now effectively implement strategies for increasing code coverage with Coverage Advisor. Coverage Advisor provides guidance for covering gaps in code coverage by analyzing code and displaying available solutions of how to set up your tests to cover uncovered lines. The information about required dependencies and pre-conditions for parameters, global variables, and function calls is displayed in the Coverage Advisor view. This allows you to reduce the time and effort of manually creating meaningful test cases and appropriate stubs. See Working with Coverage Advisor.
Support for Source Control Management Systems
We've added support for:
- Git 1.8, 1.9, 2.x
- SVN 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13
- Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2017, 2018, 2019
See Deprecated Support for Environments, Systems, and Configurations for information about deprecated and removed support for source control management systems.
New and Updated Test Configurations
We've updated the following test configurations:
- AUTOSAR C++14 Coding Guidelines
- CWE Top 25 + On the Cusp 2019
- Flow Analysis Aggressive
- Flow Analysis Standard
- High Integrity C++
- MISRA C 2012
- MISRA C++ 2008
- SEI CERT C Guidelines
- SEI CERT C Rules
- SEI CERT C++ Rules
New and Updated Code Analysis Rules
We've added new static analysis rules to extend coverage of compliance standards, with a special focus on the AUTOSAR C++ 14 and MISRA C:2012 Amendment 2; see New Rules and Updated Rules for the lists of new and updated rules.
Other Updates
We've extended support for authentication via OpenID Connect. C/C++test now supports keystores with certificates for multiple users.
- We've upgraded the built-in Python runtime to Python 2.7. Python-related errors from Rule Wizard rules are now reported as setup problems.
- You can now configure C/C++test to return a non-zero exit code when a setup problem is reported. See Command Line Exit Codes.
- We've improved performance of test configurations where multiple duplicates of the same flow-based rule are enabled.
Deprecated Support for Environments, Systems, and Configurations
Support for the following environments and systems is now deprecated and will be removed in future releases.
Windows 7
Support for Windows 7 is deprecated, following the system's EOL.
Source Control Management Systems
Support for the following SCMs is deprecated:
- AccuRev
- ClearCase
- CVS
- Serena Dimensions
- StarTeam
- Synergy CM
Visual Source Safe
C/C++test Test Configurations
We've deprecated the following test configurations:
- Texas Instruments > Run TI CCS 3.x Application with Memory Monitoring
- Texas Instruments > Run TI CCS 3.x Tests
- ARM > Run ADS 1.2 Application with Memory Monitoring
- ARM > Run ADS 1.2 Tests
- Windows Mobile> Build Test Executable for Windows Mobile
- Windows Mobile> Build and Run Application with Memory Monitoring for Pocket PC
- Window Mobile> Build and Run Application with Memory Monitoring for Smartphone
- Window Mobile> Build and Run Test Executable for Pocket PC
- Window Mobile> Build and Run Test Executable with for Smartphone
- Window Mobile, Windows CE>Build and Run Application with Memory Monitoring for WMobile or Windows CE (ActiveSync)
- Window Mobile, Windows CE>Build and Run Test Executable for Windows Mobile or Windows CE (ActiveSync)
The deprecated test configurations are not available by default and can only be applied as user-defined test configuration. They are now shipped with C/C++test in the following location: [INSTALL_DIR]\configs\Deprecated.
Removed Support for Environments and Systems
Source Control Management Systems
We've removed support for Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010.
Other Removed Features
- The Code Review module has been removed and is no longer supported.
- Using C/C++test in the command line with an Eclipse-Based Builder is no longer supported. The option for executing the specified build script prior to testing (
-buildscript %SCRIPT_FILE%) has been removed. - The following option has been removed form the Common tab in the test configuration settings: After Testing> Commit added/modified files to source control if no tasks were reported.
- Windows 8 is no longer supported.
Resolved Bugs and FRs
Bug/FR ID | Description |
|---|---|
CPP-42109 | cpptestcli should return non-zero exit code for set-up problems (e.g launching unit tests fails) |
CPP-43406 | VS Enable/Disable test case action does not refresh Test Case Explorer tree |
CPP-44060 | Error: expected ';' before '}' token for QCommandLineOption |
CPP-44561 | MISRA2004-19_10 (MISRAC2012-RULE_20_7-a) reports false positive on string concatenation in macro definition |
CPP-44565 | Improve auto-detection for Crosstool-NG GCC (5.x) |
CPP-44578 | class "std::enable_if<>" has no member "type" |
CPP-44736 | MSVC /permissive- should not disable friend class injection |
CPP-44739 | Incorrect configuration of /MP option for MSVC |
CPP-44742 | MISRA2004-16_8 (MISRAC2012-RULE_17_4-a) reports false positives when the 'default' statement that does not contain the 'return' is not the last label in the 'switch' |
CPP-44744 | GNU __underlying_type operator incorrectly handled by xharness |
CPP-44760 | Inconsistent use of malloc/free in runtime and cpptest_driver.c.h |
CPP-44761 | CppTest stream redirection API doesn't work if runtime is build with unicode. |
CPP-44796 | tiarm compiler configs shall pass '--define' option to the linker |
CPP-44850 | armclang - ignore command line with -cc1 |
CPP-44862 | Make sure that every variant of dsStrToFloat returns same result |
CPP-44865 | CODSTA-190 (CERT_C-FLP37-c) reports false positives on calls to functions from string library with names other than 'memcmp' and 'bcmp' |
CPP-44871 | FORMAT-07 reports false positives on '=' characters used in messages of the #error directives |
CPP-44872 | FORMAT-21 reports false positives on '!' characters used in messages of the #error directives |
CPP-44874 | CODSTA-112 (MISRAC2012-RULE_18_8-a) contains 'Drawbacks' section that is no longer valid |
CPP-44918 | AUTOSAR-A6_5_1-a (HICPP-6_2_1-a) reports false positive on loops that do not use containers |
CPP-44923 | GLOBAL-UNUSEDFUNC (AUTOSAR-M0_1_10-a) reports false positive on conversion operator() defined in 'hash' struct |
CPP-44946 | Invalid stub call instrumentation of constructor call with braced initializer as argument |
CPP-45054 | Autovalidation of CPPTEST_POST_CONDITION_MEM_BUFFER doesnt work for NULL pointers |
CPP-45067 | PB-23 reports false positives on calls to the std::initializer_list() |
CPP-45092 | HICPP-6_2_1-a (AUTOSAR-A6_5_1-a) reports false positives on 'for' loops that can not be replaced by 'for-range' |
CPP-45190 | Fix: GCC allows nonliteral type as constexpr function parameter |
CPP-45193 | MISRA2004-16_10 (AUTOSAR-M0_3_2-a) rule reports false positive on for range loop |
CPP-45227 | Non-compilable instrumented code for double curly braces function argument |
CPP-45228 | Non-compilable instrumented code for std::getline |
CPP-45239 | HICPP-6_2_1-a (AUTOSAR-A6_5_1-a) reports false positive on the 'for' loop that uses a loop counter in the body |
CPP-45240 | cpptestcc instrumentation error for C++ code with generic lambda |
CPP-45272 | VS 'cpptestcli -fail' does not return non-zero exit codes |
CPP-45283 | MISRA2004-16_7 (MISRA2008-7_1_2_a) reports false positive when a parameter can not have a pointer to const type |
CPP-45312 | OPT-23 (JSF-122) is inconsistent with JSF-121 (getter/setter with more than 2 statements should not be inlined) |
CPP-45320 | CERT_C-EXP46-a does not match to the CERT EXP46-C requirement |
CPP-45352 | Cannot use type alias in method definition |
CPP-45375 | Explicit conversion operator spuriously ignored for static_cast operation |
CPP-45498 | C stub file and CPP testrunner file may cause linking problem (Visual Studio) |
FA-7416 | False positives for MISRA2012-RULE-18_1_a and MISRA2012-DIR-4_1_a (BD-PB-ARRAY) |
FA-7445 | BD-PB-OVERFNZT rule reported when terminating char array as 0 and '\0' |
FA-7473 | Cannot create CFG for a function using address of a global variable in the context of arithmetic and conditional operations. |
FA-7539 | BD-PB-ARRAY reports false positive out of bounds |
FA-7571 | C++test reports BD-PB-NOTINIT bogus violation when initialization happens inside loop. |
FA-7619 | BD-PB-WRAPESC potential false positive on recursive calls |
FA-7626 | BD-API-VALPARAM reports false violation for #include <complex> |
| XT-33567 | Problems with 'parasoft-suppress' comment suppressions containing '//' inside suppression reason. |
| XT-37692 | Engine license generated by IDE can be different depends on Java or IKVM version. |
New Rules
Rule ID | Description |
|---|---|
AUTOSAR-A12_8_2-a | User-defined copy and move assignment operators should use user-defined no-throw swap function |
AUTOSAR-A14_5_3-a | A non-member generic operator shall only be declared in a namespace that does not contain class (struct) type, enum type or union type declarations |
AUTOSAR-A8_4_4-a | Multiple output values from a function should be returned as a struct or tuple |
AUTOSAR-A8_5_4-a | Avoid overloading constructors with std::initializer_list |
AUTOSAR-M0_1_2-ac | Avoid conditions that always evaluate to the same value |
BD-SECURITY-SENSLOG | Avoid passing sensitive data to functions that write to log files |
BD-SECURITY-TDALLOC | Validate potentially tainted data before it is used to determine the size of memory allocation |
CODSTA-205 | Do not cast an array to the pointer to a structure of a larger size than the size of the array |
CODSTA-206 | The '_Noreturn' function specifier should not be used |
CODSTA-207 | Thestdnoreturn.hheader file should not be used |
CODSTA-208 | Thestdalign.hheader file shall not be used |
CODSTA-209 | The facilities that are specified as being provided bystdatomic.hshould not be used |
CODSTA-210 | The '_Thread_local' storage class specifier should not be used |
CODSTA-211 | The facilities that are specified as being provided bythreads.hshould not be used |
CODSTA-212 | The 'rsize_t' type should not be used |
CODSTA-213 | The '_Alignas' alignment specifier and the '_Alignof' operator should not be used |
CODSTA-214 | The '_Atomic' type specifier and the '_Atomic' type qualifier should not be used |
CODSTA-215 | The '_STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT1_' macro should not be defined to the value other than '0' |
CODSTA-216 | The '_Generic' operator should not be used |
CODSTA-217 | The 'errno_t' type should not be used |
CODSTA-218 | Do not use following macros: RSIZE_MAX, L_tmpnam_s, TMP_MAX_S |
CODSTA-219 | Do not use the functions defined in Annex K of ISO/IEC 9899:2011 standard |
CODSTA-MCPP-47 | Avoid overloading constructors with std::initializer_list |
CODSTA-MCPP-48 | Multiple output values from a function should be returned as a struct or tuple |
CODSTA-MCPP-49 | User-defined copy and move assignment operators should use user-defined no-throw swap function |
CODSTA-MCPP-50 | A for-loop that loops through all elements of the container and does not use its loop-counter shall not be used |
CWE-532-a | Avoid passing sensitive data to functions that write to log files |
HICPP-12_5_6-a | User-defined copy and move assignment operators should use user-defined no-throw swap function |
MISRA2008-0_1_2_aa | A project shall not contain infeasible paths |
MISRA2012-DIR-4_1_k | Avoid integer overflows |
MISRA2012-DIR-4_13_f | Do not release a lock that has not been acquired |
MISRA2012-RULE-1_4_a | The '_Generic' operator should not be used |
MISRA2012-RULE-1_4_b | The '_Noreturn' function specifier should not be used |
MISRA2012-RULE-1_4_c | Thestdnoreturn.hheader file should not be used |
MISRA2012-RULE-1_4_d | The '_Atomic' type specifier and the '_Atomic' type qualifier should not be used |
MISRA2012-RULE-1_4_e | The facilities that are specified as being provided bystdatomic.hshould not be used |
MISRA2012-RULE-1_4_f | The '_Thread_local' storage class specifier should not be used |
MISRA2012-RULE-1_4_g | The facilities that are specified as being provided bythreads.hshould not be used |
MISRA2012-RULE-1_4_h | The '_Alignas' alignment specifier and the '_Alignof' operator should not be used |
MISRA2012-RULE-1_4_i | Thestdalign.hheader file shall not be used |
MISRA2012-RULE-1_4_j | The '_STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT1_' macro should not be defined to the value other than '0' |
MISRA2012-RULE-1_4_k | The 'rsize_t' type should not be used |
MISRA2012-RULE-1_4_l | The 'errno_t' type should not be used |
MISRA2012-RULE-1_4_m | Do not use following macros: RSIZE_MAX, L_tmpnam_s, TMP_MAX_S |
MISRA2012-RULE-1_4_n | Do not use the functions defined in Annex K of ISO/IEC 9899:2011 standard |
MISRA2012-RULE-21_21 | The library function 'system' ofstdlib.hshall not be used |
MISRA2012-RULE-8_3_c | All declarations of an object or function shall have compatible types |
MISRAC2012-DIR_4_13-f | Do not release a lock that has not been acquired |
MISRAC2012-DIR_4_1-k | Avoid integer overflows |
MISRAC2012-RULE_1_4-a | The '_Generic' operator should not be used |
MISRAC2012-RULE_1_4-b | The '_Noreturn' function specifier should not be used |
MISRAC2012-RULE_1_4-c | Thestdnoreturn.hheader file should not be used |
MISRAC2012-RULE_1_4-d | The '_Atomic' type specifier and the '_Atomic' type qualifier should not be used |
MISRAC2012-RULE_1_4-e | The facilities that are specified as being provided bystdatomic.hshould not be used |
MISRAC2012-RULE_1_4-f | The '_Thread_local' storage class specifier should not be used |
MISRAC2012-RULE_1_4-g | The facilities that are specified as being provided bythreads.hshould not be used |
MISRAC2012-RULE_1_4-h | The '_Alignas' alignment specifier and the '_Alignof' operator should not be used |
MISRAC2012-RULE_1_4-i | Thestdalign.hheader file shall not be used |
MISRAC2012-RULE_1_4-j | The '_STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT1_' macro should not be defined to the value other than '0' |
MISRAC2012-RULE_1_4-k | The 'rsize_t' type should not be used |
MISRAC2012-RULE_1_4-l | The 'errno_t' type should not be used |
MISRAC2012-RULE_1_4-m | Do not use following macros: RSIZE_MAX, L_tmpnam_s, TMP_MAX_S |
MISRAC2012-RULE_1_4-n | Do not use the functions defined in Annex K of ISO/IEC 9899:2011 standard |
MISRAC2012-RULE_21_21-a | The 'system()' function from the 'stdlib.h' or 'cstdlib' library shall not be used |
MISRAC2012-RULE_8_3-c | All declarations of an object or function shall have compatible types |
TEMPL-18 | A non-member generic operator shall only be declared in a namespace that does not contain class (struct) type, enum type or union type declarations |
Updated Rules
Rule Category | Rule IDs |
|---|---|
AUTOSAR C++14 Coding Guidelines | AUTOSAR-A15_0_2-a, AUTOSAR-A15_1_4-a, AUTOSAR-A15_5_1-b, AUTOSAR-A18_5_2-a, AUTOSAR-A18_5_3-c, AUTOSAR-A27_0_2-b, AUTOSAR-A27_0_2-c, AUTOSAR-A2_13_4-a, AUTOSAR-A3_1_6-a, AUTOSAR-A5_0_1-f, AUTOSAR-A5_2_5-a, AUTOSAR-A5_2_5-c, AUTOSAR-A5_3_2-a, AUTOSAR-A6_5_1-a, AUTOSAR-A8_4_12-c, AUTOSAR-A8_4_13-b, AUTOSAR-A8_4_2-a, AUTOSAR-M0_3_1-b, AUTOSAR-M0_3_1-d, AUTOSAR-M0_3_1-f, AUTOSAR-M0_3_1-i, AUTOSAR-M0_3_2-a, AUTOSAR-M16_0_6-a, AUTOSAR-M16_0_8-a, AUTOSAR-M5_0_16-a, AUTOSAR-M5_0_16-b, AUTOSAR-M7_1_2-b, AUTOSAR-M9_3_3-a |
Bug Detective | BD-API-NEGPARAM, BD-API-REVNEGPARAM, BD-PB-ARRAY, BD-PB-CHECKRETGEN, BD-PB-NP, BD-PB-OVERFRD, BD-PB-OVERFWR, BD-PB-PTRARR, BD-RES-BADDEALLOC, BD-RES-LEAKS |
SEI CERT C | CERT_C-API01-a, CERT_C-ARR30-a, CERT_C-ARR38-a, CERT_C-ARR38-b, CERT_C-ARR39-a, CERT_C-CON30-a, CERT_C-CON40-a, CERT_C-CON43-a, CERT_C-DCL13-a, CERT_C-DCL40-a, CERT_C-ENV01-c, CERT_C-ENV30-a, CERT_C-ERR33-c, CERT_C-ERR33-d, CERT_C-EXP08-b, CERT_C-EXP10-b, CERT_C-EXP30-b, CERT_C-EXP34-a, CERT_C-EXP47-a, CERT_C-FIO22-a, CERT_C-FIO37-a, CERT_C-FIO38-a, CERT_C-FIO41-b, CERT_C-FIO42-a, CERT_C-FLP37-c, CERT_C-INT10-a, CERT_C-MEM00-e, CERT_C-MEM12-a, CERT_C-MEM31-a, CERT_C-MSC19-a, CERT_C-MSC19-b, CERT_C-MSC37-a, CERT_C-POS54-c, CERT_C-PRE01-a, CERT_C-STR05-a, CERT_C-STR30-a, CERT_C-STR31-a, CERT_C-STR31-b, CERT_C-STR38-a, CERT_C-WIN30-a |
SEI CERT C++ | CERT_CPP-ERR56-a, CERT_CPP-ERR57-a, CERT_CPP-EXP50-b, CERT_CPP-FIO51-a, CERT_CPP-MEM51-d, CERT_CPP-MSC52-a, CERT_CPP-STR50-c, CERT_CPP-STR50-g, CERT_CPP-STR51-a |
Coding Conventions | CODSTA-166_a, CODSTA-166_b, CODSTA-185_a, CODSTA-188, CODSTA-190, CODSTA-195, CODSTA-CPP-54, CODSTA-CPP-78 |
Coding Conventions for Modern C++ | CODSTA-MCPP-10_a, CODSTA-MCPP-35 |
Common Weakness Enumeration | CWE-119-a, CWE-119-d, CWE-119-e, CWE-125-a, CWE-125-c, CWE-476-a, CWE-770-a, CWE-772-a, CWE-787-a, CWE-787-d |
Exceptions | EXCEPT-21 |
High Integrity C++ | HICPP-12_5_4-a, HICPP-5_1_2-b, HICPP-5_2_1-a, HICPP-5_2_1-c, HICPP-5_3_3-c, HICPP-6_3_2-a, HICPP-9_1_1-a |
Joint Strike Fighter | JSF-069, JSF-114, JSF-115, JSF-117_b, JSF-118, JSF-122, JSF-151.1, JSF-174_a, JSF-174_b, JSF-204.1_b, JSF-206 |
MISRA C 1998 | MISRA-107_a, MISRA-107_b |
MISRA C 2004 | MISRA2004-12_2_b, MISRA2004-16_10, MISRA2004-16_7, MISRA2004-16_8, MISRA2004-19_10, MISRA2004-19_16, MISRA2004-20_4 |
MISRA C++ 2008 | MISRA2008-0_3_1_a, MISRA2008-0_3_1_b, MISRA2008-0_3_1_g, MISRA2008-0_3_1_h, MISRA2008-0_3_2, MISRA2008-16_0_6, MISRA2008-16_0_8, MISRA2008-18_4_1, MISRA2008-5_0_16_a, MISRA2008-5_0_16_b, MISRA2008-5_0_1_b, MISRA2008-7_1_2_a, MISRA2008-8_4_3, MISRA2008-9_3_3 |
MISRA C 2012 (Legacy) | MISRA2012-DIR-4_12, MISRA2012-DIR-4_13_a, MISRA2012-DIR-4_1_a, MISRA2012-DIR-4_1_b, MISRA2012-DIR-4_1_g, MISRA2012-DIR-4_1_h, MISRA2012-DIR-4_7_b, MISRA2012-RULE-13_2_b, MISRA2012-RULE-17_4, MISRA2012-RULE-18_1_a, MISRA2012-RULE-18_1_c, MISRA2012-RULE-1_3_d, MISRA2012-RULE-1_3_e, MISRA2012-RULE-1_3_g, MISRA2012-RULE-20_13, MISRA2012-RULE-20_7, MISRA2012-RULE-21_17_b, MISRA2012-RULE-21_19_a, MISRA2012-RULE-21_3, MISRA2012-RULE-21_8_c, MISRA2012-RULE-22_1, MISRA2012-RULE-22_5_a, MISRA2012-RULE-22_5_b, MISRA2012-RULE-7_4, MISRA2012-RULE-8_13_a |
MISRA C 2012 | MISRAC2012-DIR_4_1-a, MISRAC2012-DIR_4_1-b, MISRAC2012-DIR_4_1-g, MISRAC2012-DIR_4_1-h, MISRAC2012-DIR_4_12-a, MISRAC2012-DIR_4_13-a, MISRAC2012-DIR_4_7-b, MISRAC2012-RULE_13_2-b, MISRAC2012-RULE_17_4-a, MISRAC2012-RULE_18_1-a, MISRAC2012-RULE_18_1-c, MISRAC2012-RULE_1_3-d, MISRAC2012-RULE_1_3-e, MISRAC2012-RULE_1_3-g, MISRAC2012-RULE_20_13-a, MISRAC2012-RULE_20_7-a, MISRAC2012-RULE_21_17-b, MISRAC2012-RULE_21_19-a, MISRAC2012-RULE_21_3-a, MISRAC2012-RULE_21_8-c, MISRAC2012-RULE_22_1-a, MISRAC2012-RULE_22_5-a, MISRAC2012-RULE_22_5-b, MISRAC2012-RULE_7_4-a, MISRAC2012-RULE_8_13-a |
Optimization | OPT-23 |
Possible Bugs | PB-23, PB-27, PB-67, PB-72 |
Removed Rules
The following rules have been removed to enhance the accuracy of results:
Rule Category | Rule IDs |
|---|---|
AUTOSAR C++14 Coding Guidelines | AUTOSAR-A27_0_2-d, AUTOSAR-A27_0_2-g |
SEI CERT C | CERT_C-EXP46-a, CERT_C-MSC32-a, CERT_C-MSC32-b, CERT_C-MSC32-c, CERT_C-STR34-a, CERT_C-STR34-e, CERT_C-STR34-f |
SEI CERT C++ | CERT_CPP-STR50-a, CERT_CPP-STR50-d |
MISRA C 2012 (Legacy) | MISRA2012-RULE-21_8_d |
MISRA C 2012 | MISRAC2012-RULE_21_8-d |
