Deep nesting

Object Pascal — Delphi & Free Pascal

Warning

Complexity

Deeply nested branches increase cognitive load and defect rates

deeply nested branches increase cognitive load and defect rates.

Why this severity

deeply nested branches increase cognitive load and defect rates.

Known false positives

parser-generated or mechanically transformed code.

Remediation example

if not IsValid then Exit;
if not IsAuthorized then Exit;
ProcessRequest;

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