Kernel - NKS0037

Use KernelPlatform.IsOnWindows()

This analyzer provides the following strings:

Context	String
Error List	Caller uses Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT instead of KernelPlatform.IsOnWindows()
Suggestion Box	Use KernelPlatform.IsOnWindows() instead of Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT
Description	KernelPlatform.IsOnWindows() is more readable and less verbose than Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT.

Extended Description

This code analyzer detects the comparison of Environment.OSVersion.Platform against the Win32NT value.

Environment.OSVersion.Platform is an ancient way of determining the current operating system that Nitrocid is running on. As a result, it doesn't implement the macOS operating system detection, since it was considered as Unix.

As a result, KernelPlatform implements a handful of platform detection functions to allow you to more accurately detect your platform. Also, it simplifies the complicated platform checking statements to its simpler equivalent.

Analysis Comparison

To get a brief insight about how this analyzer works, compare the two code blocks shown to you below:

Before the fix

Somewhere in your mod code...

public static void MyFunction()
{
    bool value = Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT;
}

After the fix

Somewhere in your mod code...

public static void MyFunction()
{
    bool value = KernelPlatform.IsOnWindows();
}

Suppression

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Recommendation

We recommend that every caller which use this function use the recommended abovementioned method.