Class TransitiveImport

A detector that warns about transitive imports.

Why is it bad?

Tact allows transitive imports, which it should not have in the first place since it might hinder the intended logic.

Example

// a.tact
const Foo: Int = 42;

// b.tact
import "./a";
const Bar: Int = 43;

// c.tact
import "./b";

// here Foo and Bar are both available

Use instead:

// a.tact
const Foo: Int = 42;

// b.tact
import "./a";
const Bar: Int = 43;

// c.tact
import "./a"; // Fixed: Explicit import
import "./b";

// here Foo and Bar are both available

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Constructors

constructor

Properties

category ctx severity

Accessors

id kind shareImportedWarnings usesSouffle

Methods

check getCategory getSeverity makeWarning skipUnused

Constructors

constructor

Properties

category

category: Category = Category.BEST_PRACTICES

Readonlyctx

ctx: MistiContext

severity

severity: Severity = Severity.MEDIUM

Accessors

id

  • get id(): string

  • Gets the short identifier of the detector, used in analyzer warnings.

    Returns string

    The unique identifier of the detector.

kind

shareImportedWarnings

  • get shareImportedWarnings(): WarningsBehavior

  • Defines the behavior of warnings generated by this detector when working with multiple projects within a single Tact configuration.

    Here are the available options:

    1. "union" Leave this value if you don't care about warnings generated in other projects.
    2. "intersect" If the warning is generated for some source location of the imported file, it should be generated by each of the projects. Example: Constants from an imported file should not be reported iff they are unused in all the projects, so you need "intersect".

    Returns WarningsBehavior

usesSouffle

  • get usesSouffle(): boolean

  • Checks whether this detector needs the Soufflé binary to be executed.

    Returns boolean

Methods

check

getCategory

getSeverity

ProtectedmakeWarning

ProtectedskipUnused

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