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	3491	Using conditional operator in a macro.

Arithmetic type - Operations

This message is issued whenever the conditional operator appears in a macro. This is not recommended in some programming standards.

For example:


/*PRQA S 1-9999 ++*/
/*PRQA S 3491 --*/

#define SELECT(a, b, c) ((a) ? (b) : (c))

int f3491 (int a)
{
  return SELECT (a < 0, 0, a);   /* 3491 */
}

See also:

3492 Using conditional operator outside a macro.
3495 Using a conditional operator in place of a selection statement.

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