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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] What mean "Error: Found prohibited APIs in ..." error during

From: Jirka Novak <j.novak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2021 09:26:58 +0100
Hi,

>     > Also use ws_close() instead of close().  (The ws_ calls, on
>     Windows, also call the Visual Studio C library routines that
>     implement UN*X-style APIs, with an underscore preceding the UN*X API
>     name.)
> 
>     Thank you for explanation and I understand the reasons, but I don't
>     think it is possible in this case. Classes extending QIODevice where
>     open/close are parent methods I must call/override.
>     It looks that it is false positive check. Is there any way how to add
>     exception to check in this case?
> 
> 
> THere is already some code in checkAPIs.pl file to identify false positives:
> 
>                 # Match function calls, but ignore false positives from:
>                 # C++ method definition: int MyClass::open(...)
>                 # Method invocation: myClass->open(...);
>                 # Function declaration: int open(...);
>                 # Method invocation: QString().sprintf(...)
>                 while (${$fileContentsRef} =~ m/ \W (?<!::|->|\w\ )
> (?<!\.) $api \W* \( /gx)
>                 {
>                         $cnt += 1;
>                 }
>                 if ($cnt > 0) {
>                         push @{$foundAPIsRef}, $api;
>                         $groupHashRef->{function_counts}->{$api} += 1;
>                 }
> 
> This probably needs to be improved for your use case.

OK, I will try it.

					Best regards,

						Jirka Novak