This rule is deprecated, and will eventually be removed.
Why is this an issue?
There’s no point in forcing the overhead of a method call for a method that always returns the same constant value. Even worse, the fact that a
method call must be made will likely mislead developers who call the method thinking that something more is done. Declare a constant instead.
This rule raises an issue if on methods that contain only one statement: the return of a constant value.
Noncompliant code example
int getBestNumber() {
return 12; // Noncompliant
}
Compliant solution
static int bestNumber = 12;
Exceptions
override, final, virtual and overriding functions are ignored.
