SonarSource Rules
  • Products

    In-IDE

    Code Quality and Security in your IDE with SonarQube Ide

    IDE extension that lets you fix coding issues before they exist!

    Discover SonarQube for IDE

    SaaS

    Code Quality and Security in the cloud with SonarQube Cloud

    Setup is effortless and analysis is automatic for most languages

    Discover SonarQube Cloud

    Self-Hosted

    Code Quality and Security Self-Hosted with SonarQube Server

    Fast, accurate analysis; enterprise scalability

    Discover SonarQube Server
  • SecretsSecrets
  • ABAPABAP
  • AnsibleAnsible
  • ApexApex
  • AzureResourceManagerAzureResourceManager
  • CC
  • C#C#
  • C++C++
  • CloudFormationCloudFormation
  • COBOLCOBOL
  • CSSCSS
  • DartDart
  • DockerDocker
  • FlexFlex
  • GitHub ActionsGitHub Actions
  • GoGo
  • HTMLHTML
  • JavaJava
  • JavaScriptJavaScript
  • JSONJSON
  • JCLJCL
  • KotlinKotlin
  • KubernetesKubernetes
  • Objective CObjective C
  • PHPPHP
  • PL/IPL/I
  • PL/SQLPL/SQL
  • PythonPython
  • RPGRPG
  • RubyRuby
  • RustRust
  • ScalaScala
  • ShellShell
  • SwiftSwift
  • TerraformTerraform
  • TextText
  • TypeScriptTypeScript
  • T-SQLT-SQL
  • VB.NETVB.NET
  • VB6VB6
  • XMLXML
  • YAMLYAML
PL/I

PL/I static code analysis

Unique rules to find Bugs and Code Smells in your PL/I code

  • All rules 25
  • Bug1
  • Code Smell24
Filtered: 3 rules found
brain-overload
    Impact
      Clean code attribute
        1. "GO TO" statements should not be used

           Code Smell
        2. "if" statements should not be nested too deeply

           Code Smell
        3. Procedures should not have too many parameters

           Code Smell

        "if" statements should not be nested too deeply

        adaptability - focused
        maintainability
        Code Smell
        • brain-overload

        Why is this an issue?

        Nested if are often key ingredients in creating what’s known as "Spaghetti code". This code smell can make your program difficult to understand and maintain.

        When numerous control structures are placed inside one another, the code becomes a tangled, complex web. This significantly reduces the code’s readability and maintainability, and it also complicates the testing process.

          Available In:
        • SonarQube IdeCatch issues on the fly,
          in your IDE
        • SonarQube ServerAnalyze code in your
          on-premise CI
          Enterprise
          Edition
          Available Since
          9.1

        © 2008-2025 SonarSource SA. All rights reserved.

        Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy | Terms of Use