Inspection: Argument selection defects

The Argument Selection Defects inspection detects when two or more arguments of the same type are passed to the function in the wrong order. For such cases, the inspection can process any type, including a user-defined one. Besides, the inspection is typo-tolerant, so the arguments do not have to be exactly the same.

To avoid false positives, the Argument Selection Defects inspection does not warn you when:

• the function is recursive

• the presumably swapped arguments are variadic, for example:

  void f(int left, ...);
  void b(int left, int right) {
      f(right, left);
  }

• the function or parameter names contain the following substrings: swap, reverse, inverse, flip, backward, or rotate

• the argument names are shorter than three symbols (like x, y, ab)

• the function is called multiple times with the same arguments being passed in different order, for instance:

  case LANDSCAPE:
     bitmap = new Bitmap (width , height);
     break ;
  case PORTRAIT:
     bitmap = new Bitmap (height , width);
     ...