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/*
 * Cppcheck - A tool for static C/C++ code analysis
 * Copyright (C) 2007-2024 Cppcheck team.
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
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 */
 
 
/**
 *
 * @mainpage Cppcheck
 * @version 2.14.99
 *
 * @section overview_sec Overview
 * Cppcheck is a simple tool for static analysis of C/C++ code.
 *
 * When you write a checker you have access to:
 *  - %Token list - the tokenized code
 *  - Syntax tree - Syntax tree of each expression
 *  - %SymbolDatabase - Information about all types/variables/functions/etc
 *    in the current translation unit
 *  - Library - Configuration of functions/types
 *  - Value flow analysis - Data flow analysis that determine possible values for each token
 *
 * Use --debug-normal on the command line to see debug output for the token list
 * and the syntax tree. If both --debug-normal and --verbose is used, the symbol
 * database is also written.
 *
 * The checks are written in C++.
 *
 * @section detailed_overview_sec Detailed overview
 * This happens when you execute cppcheck from the command line:
 * -# CppCheckExecutor::check this function executes the Cppcheck
 * -# CmdLineParser::parseFromArgs parse command line arguments
 *   - The Settings class is used to maintain settings
 *   - Use FileLister and command line arguments to get files to check
 * -# ThreadExecutor create more instances of CppCheck if needed
 * -# CppCheck::check is called for each file. It checks a single file
 * -# Preprocess the file (through Preprocessor)
 *   - Comments are removed
 *   - Macros are expanded
 * -# Tokenize the file (see Tokenizer)
 * -# Run the runChecks of all check classes.
 *
 * When errors are found, they are reported back to the CppCheckExecutor through the ErrorLogger interface.
 */
 
 
#include "cppcheckexecutor.h"
 
#ifdef NDEBUG
#include "errortypes.h"
 
#include <cstdlib>
#include <exception>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#endif
 
/**
 * Main function of cppcheck
 *
 * @param argc Passed to CppCheck::parseFromArgs()
 * @param argv Passed to CppCheck::parseFromArgs()
 * @return What CppCheckExecutor::check() returns.
 */
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    // MS Visual C++ memory leak debug tracing
#if defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_DEBUG)
    _CrtSetDbgFlag(_CrtSetDbgFlag(_CRTDBG_REPORT_FLAG) | _CRTDBG_LEAK_CHECK_DF);
#endif
 
    CppCheckExecutor exec;
 
// *INDENT-OFF*
#ifdef NDEBUG
    try {
#endif
        return exec.check(argc, argv);
#ifdef NDEBUG
    } catch (const InternalError& e) {
        std::cout << e.errorMessage << std::endl;
    } catch (const std::exception& error) {
        std::cout << error.what() << std::endl;
    } catch (...) {
        std::cout << "Unknown exception" << std::endl;
    }
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
#endif
// *INDENT-ON*
}