pi-lens/rules/tree-sitter-queries/c-disabled/case-range-multiple-values.yml

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# Case Ranges Should Cover Multiple Values
# Detects case statements with ranges that only cover single values
id: case-range-multiple-values
name: Case Ranges Should Cover Multiple Values
severity: warning
category: maintainability
defect_class: correctness
inline_tier: warning
language: c

message: "Case range should cover multiple values"

description: |
  GCC case ranges (case 1..5:) should cover multiple values.
  Using ranges for single values is confusing and unnecessary.

  ✅ FIX: Use regular case for single values, ranges for multiple

  ```c
  switch (value) {
      case 1:           // Single value - use regular case
          break;
      case 10..20:      // Range - multiple values
          break;
  }
  ```

query: |
  (switch_statement
    body: (compound_statement
      (case_statement
        value: (range_expression
          (number_literal) @START
          (number_literal) @END) @RANGE)))

metavars:
  - START
  - END
  - RANGE

post_filter: case_range_single_value

tags:
  - maintainability
  - c
  - gnu
  - switch

examples:
  bad: |
    switch (val) {
        case 5..5:  // BAD - range with single value
            break;
    }

  good: |
    switch (val) {
        case 5:  // GOOD - single value
            break;
        case 10..20:  // GOOD - actual range
            break;
    }

has_fix: true
fix_action: simplify_single_case_range