From b9fab94dbf6515580ca471547bcd3ee06870f75e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eugene Sandulenko <sev@scummvm.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 23:51:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] COMMON: Shut coverity up with tons of false positives

---
 common/str.cpp | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/common/str.cpp b/common/str.cpp
index a60718075ee..2ae366bca8e 100644
--- a/common/str.cpp
+++ b/common/str.cpp
@@ -229,7 +229,12 @@ void String::decRefCount(int *oldRefCount) {
 			g_refCountPool->freeChunk(oldRefCount);
 			unlockMemoryPoolMutex();
 		}
+		// Coverity thinks that we always free memory, as it assumes
+		// (correctly) that there are cases when oldRefCount == 0
+		// Thus, DO NOT COMPILE, trick it and shut tons of false positives
+#ifndef __COVERITY__
 		delete[] _str;
+#endif
 
 		// Even though _str points to a freed memory block now,
 		// we do not change its value, because any code that calls