Xcode 3.2: Build & Analyze never finds any issues

Question

I've used the Clang Static Analyzer from the command line before. I wanted to try Xcode's built-in version via Build & Analyze. I never get any negative results even though i specially prepared my code with very obvious issues Clang was always able to point out:

    // over-releasing an object:
    [label release];
    [label release];

    // uninitialized vars, allocating but not freeing an object
    NSString* str;
    int number;
    CCLabel* newLabel = [[CCLabel alloc] initWithString:str fontName:str fontSize:number];
    [newLabel setPosition:CGPointZero];

The result is always the same: a green checkbox, no issues. I read that C++ code can cause issues. I'm running this with cocos2d that includes box2d. Could this be a cause? Did anyone get results from Build & Analyze with the cocos2d engine? What else could it be?

I also tried enabling the Static Analyzer Build Settings and then Build but the result was the same. I have restarted Xcode, cleaned all targets and emptied Xcode caches to no avail.

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UPDATE: my issue could be caused by having added cocos2d as a cross-project reference to my project. Analyzing the cocos2d project itself seperately reveals some analyzer results.

In addition i found out that i get Analyzer results from my RELEASE build configurations but not from DEBUG builds.

Answer 1

I'm using Cocos2d and Box2d, and I get plenty of warnings from Build and Analyze. Check to make sure your project's compiler is set to GCC 4.2 under "Compiler Version" in the Build Settings.

Answer 2

I also get plenty of Analyze warnings with my Cocos2d game. I cleaned most of them up, but cocos2d 0.99.1 has 3 built-in! (Which should be easily fixed.)

I have noticed that sometimes the analyzer doesn't find things unless I have that particular file open when I run it... go figure.