Fix #1473: warn when fclose() is used as a while loop condition#8444
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…oop condition Using fclose() as a while loop condition closes the file on every iteration and operates on an already-closed file handle from the second iteration onward. Signed-off-by: Francois Berder <fberder@outlook.fr>
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alright. Can you please create a checker documentation file in man/checkers for this.
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Using fclose() as a while loop condition closes the file on every iteration and operates on an already-closed file handle from the second iteration onward.