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`A7-1-2`: Certain logging functions are reported because they are considered side-effect free
Affected rules
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A7-1-2
Description
A logging function cannot be marked as constexpr
because it is intended to have a side-effect (writing a log entry). In certain cases we are marking logging functions under this rule, which likely means we are not identifying the side-effect. The query takes a conservative approach to identifying side effects i.e. it will err on the side of assuming side-effects unless it can prove otherwise, so we're possibly missing an edge case here.
Example
We are awaiting more feedback, as we don't know what side-effect we might be missing for this case.