V3020. An unconditional 'break/continue/return/goto' within a loop.

The analyzer has detected a suspicious loop where one of the following statements is used: continue, break, return, goto, or throw. These statements are executed all the time, irrespective of any conditions.

For example:

while (k < max) { if (k == index) value = Calculate(k); break; ++k; }

In this code, the 'break' statement doesn't belong to the 'if' statement, which will cause it to execute all the time, regardless of whether or not the 'k == index' condition is true, and the loop body will iterate only once. The correct version of this code should look like this:

while (k < max) { if (k == index) { value = Calculate(k); break; } ++k; }

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