Failed referential integrity test "Remove needless CLEAR", despite syntactically correct

[matthewdjb]

Error executing rule 'Remove needless CLEAR': Failed referential integrity test on command starting at source line 13!

It's a bit of a pathological example, so I must say that this occurred in a class that I didn't write and I'd never code in this way! I've managed to create a small example to demonstrate the issue.

`REPORT.

class lcl_main DEFINITION.
PUBLIC SECTION.
methods this_fails.
endclass.

CLASS lcl_main IMPLEMENTATION.

METHOD this_fails.
DATA: lo_ctrl TYPE REF TO lcl_main.
CREATE OBJECT lo_ctrl.
FREE: lo_ctrl. CLEAR: lo_ctrl. " <---- Line 13
ENDMETHOD.

ENDCLASS.`

[jmgrassau]

Hi Matthew,

great, thanks for reporting this bug, I shall look into this! The example could even be shortened further, still triggering the bug:

  METHOD any_method.
    DATA lo_any TYPE REF TO lcl_any.
    FREE lo_any. CLEAR lo_any.
  ENDMETHOD.

Kind regards,
Jörg-Michael

[jmgrassau]

Hi Matthew,

this bug will be fixed with the next release. Since the comment cannot be inserted on the same line between the two statements, the statements are moved to an own line:

Kind regards,
Jörg-Michael

[jmgrassau]

Hi Matthew,

this bug should now be fixed with version 1.17.1, which was just released! Thanks again for reporting this.

Kind regards,
Jörg-Michael

[matthewdjb]

Works fine now. Thanks.