CS.CONSTCOND.TERNARY

The condition of a conditional expression is always true or always false.

Example 1

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  class IntSize {
      void GetIntSize() {
          return (sizeof(int) > 4 ? sizeof(int) : 4);  // defect - the condition is constant
      }
  }

External guidance

• CWE-570: Expression is Always False

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