apprentice_magic_strength(const struct magic *m)
{
#define MULT 10
	size_t val = 2 * MULT;	/* baseline strength */

	switch (m->type) {
	case FILE_DEFAULT:	/* make sure this sorts last */
		if (m->factor_op != FILE_FACTOR_OP_NONE)
			abort();
		return 0;

	case FILE_BYTE:
		val += 1 * MULT;
		break;

	case FILE_SHORT:
	case FILE_LESHORT:
	case FILE_BESHORT:
		val += 2 * MULT;
		break;

	case FILE_LONG:
	case FILE_LELONG:
	case FILE_BELONG:
	case FILE_MELONG:
		val += 4 * MULT;
		break;

	case FILE_PSTRING:
	case FILE_STRING:
		val += m->vallen * MULT;
		break;

	case FILE_BESTRING16:
	case FILE_LESTRING16:
		val += m->vallen * MULT / 2;
		break;

	case FILE_SEARCH:
	case FILE_REGEX:
		val += m->vallen * MAX(MULT / m->vallen, 1);
		break;

	case FILE_DATE:
	case FILE_LEDATE:
	case FILE_BEDATE:
	case FILE_MEDATE:
	case FILE_LDATE:
	case FILE_LELDATE:
	case FILE_BELDATE:
	case FILE_MELDATE:
	case FILE_FLOAT:
	case FILE_BEFLOAT:
	case FILE_LEFLOAT:
		val += 4 * MULT;
		break;

	case FILE_QUAD:
	case FILE_BEQUAD:
	case FILE_LEQUAD:
	case FILE_QDATE:
	case FILE_LEQDATE:
	case FILE_BEQDATE:
	case FILE_QLDATE:
	case FILE_LEQLDATE:
	case FILE_BEQLDATE:
	case FILE_QWDATE:
	case FILE_LEQWDATE:
	case FILE_BEQWDATE:
	case FILE_DOUBLE:
	case FILE_BEDOUBLE:
	case FILE_LEDOUBLE:
		val += 8 * MULT;
		break;

	case FILE_INDIRECT:
	case FILE_NAME:
	case FILE_USE:
		break;

	default:
		val = 0;
		(void)fprintf(stderr, "Bad type %d\n", m->type);
		abort();
	}

	switch (m->reln) {
	case 'x':	/* matches anything penalize */
	case '!':       /* matches almost anything penalize */
		val = 0;
		break;

	case '=':	/* Exact match, prefer */
		val += MULT;
		break;

	case '>':
	case '<':	/* comparison match reduce strength */
		val -= 2 * MULT;
		break;

	case '^':
	case '&':	/* masking bits, we could count them too */
		val -= MULT;
		break;

	default:
		(void)fprintf(stderr, "Bad relation %c\n", m->reln);
		abort();
	}

	if (val == 0)	/* ensure we only return 0 for FILE_DEFAULT */
		val = 1;

	switch (m->factor_op) {
	case FILE_FACTOR_OP_NONE:
		break;
	case FILE_FACTOR_OP_PLUS:
		val += m->factor;
		break;
	case FILE_FACTOR_OP_MINUS:
		val -= m->factor;
		break;
	case FILE_FACTOR_OP_TIMES:
		val *= m->factor;
		break;
	case FILE_FACTOR_OP_DIV:
		val /= m->factor;
		break;
	default:
		abort();
	}

	/*
	 * Magic entries with no description get a bonus because they depend
	 * on subsequent magic entries to print something.
	 */
	if (m->desc[0] == '\0')
		val++;
	return val;
}

Originally addressing errors in controlling program flow through indirect calls or jumps, this CWE has been deprecated and its concerns merged into more precise modern classifications.