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	3234	Declarations precede the first label in this 'switch' construct.

Switch statements

The first case label in this switch statement is preceded by one or more declarations.

Declarations at the beginning of a switch statement are quite legitimate but are not always encouraged by coding standards. Serious problems only arise if local objects are initialized; the initialization will simply not take place.

For example:


/*PRQA S 1-9999 ++*/
/*PRQA S 2008, 2880, 2882, 2961, 3234 --*/

extern int g;
extern int m;

extern int foo(int n)
{
    int r;

    switch (n)                          /* Message 2882 */
    {
        int la;                         /* Message 3234 */
        int lb = 5;
        r = 1;                          /* Message 2008 and 2880 */

    case 1:
        la = g;
        g = m;
        m = la;
        r = 2;
        break;

    case 2:
        g = lb;                         /* Message 2961 */
        lb = m;
        r = 4;
        break;

    default:
        r = 0;
        break;
    }

    return r;
}

See also:

2008 Code statements precede the first label in this 'switch' construct.
2880 This code is unreachable.
2882 This 'switch' statement will bypass the initialization of local variables.
2961 Definite: Using value of uninitialized automatic object '%s'.

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