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Constraint violations REFERENCE - ISO:C90-6.3.6 Additive Operators - Constraints

This is a constraint error

If the left hand operand of a subtraction operator is a pointer, the other operand must either be a pointer to a compatible object type or else an expression of integral type.

For example: 


/*PRQA S 488,510,3120,3199,3203,3227,3408,3447,3681 ++*/

extern int * pi;
extern int * pj;

void foo(float dec)
{
    long sx;

    pi = pj - 2;                  /* OK - subtracting an integer value     */
    sx = pi - pj;                 /* OK - subtracting a compatible pointer */
    pi = pi - dec;                /* Message 0486                          */
}

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