ID: cpp/incomplete-parity-check
Kind: problem
Security severity: 
Severity: warning
Precision: medium
Tags:
   - reliability
   - correctness
   - types
Query suites:
   - cpp-security-and-quality.qls

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This rule finds code that uses x % 2 == 1 to check whether a number x is odd, which does not work for negative numbers. Applying % to negative numbers produces negative results. For example, (-5) % 2 equals -1, not 1. As a result, this check incorrectly considers all negative numbers as even.