PowerShell / PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer
Consider adding warning rule for Foreach-object break/continue/return
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Description
Summary of the new feature
ForEach-Object is great. However, by its name, it's similar to foreach. Using continue/break/return within ForEach-Object to foreach is much different and does something that most people do not expect. It would be great for PSScriptAnalyzer to warn people about using it that way.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing existing PSScriptAnalyzer warning rules and their tests, then inspect how ForEach-Object and loop control statements are represented. Define warning behavior for continue, break, and return, and add coverage for the intended cases. Done means the analyzer reports the documented unexpected forms without false positives.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, powershell
- Domain
- devtools, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100