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	2893	Suspicious: Negative value implicitly converted to an unsigned type.

Conversion to unsigned

Dataflow analysis has identified a code construct which is suspicious. The code may be entirely safe but further investigation is advisable.

The value of an object or a non-constant expression is being converted to an unsigned type and examination of the immediate context suggests that the value could sometimes be negative.

This will happen in the example below unless the parameter 'n' is greater than 0.


/*PRQA S 291,2017,2983,2986,3120,3199,3203,3227,3408 ++*/

void foo(int n)
{
   unsigned char ucx;
   int           sia = -10;
   int           i;

   for (i = 0; i < n; ++i)
   {
      sia = sia + 20;
   }

   ucx = sia;                   /* 2893 3757 */
}

See also:

2890 Constant: Negative value implicitly converted to an unsigned type.
2891 Definite: Negative value implicitly converted to an unsigned type.
2892 Apparent: Negative value implicitly converted to an unsigned type.
2895 Constant: Negative value cast to an unsigned type.
2896 Definite: Negative value cast to an unsigned type.
2897 Apparent: Negative value cast to an unsigned type.
2898 Suspicious: Negative value cast to an unsigned type.

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