This issue type indicates pure functions. For instance, below functions would be marked as pure: ```java int local_write_pure(int x, int y) { int k = x + y; k++; return k; } // no change to outside state, the local allocation is ok. int local_alloc_pure(ArrayList list) { ArrayList list_new = new ArrayList(); for (Integer el : list) { list_new.add(el); } return list_new.size(); } ``` However, the following ones would not be pure: ```java void swap_impure(int[] array, int i, int j) { int tmp = array[i]; array[i] = array[j]; // modifying the input array array[j] = tmp; } int a = 0; void set_impure(int x, int y) { a = x + y; //modifying a global variable } ```