QA·C Help - 4030

	4030	long double value returned from float %s().

Arithmetic type - Implicit conversions

An expression of type long double is being implicitly converted to type float. This may result in a loss of precision unless the 2 types happen to be implemented with the same representation. If the value is very large, it is possible that it cannot be represented at all, in which case the result will be undefined.

Implicit type conversions of this nature can occur in the context of:

initializations
assignment operations
the passing of a function argument
the return of a value from a function

Make sure that you are aware of the type sizes that are implemented when this code is compiled and ensure that QA·C is appropriately configured to be consistent. Type sizes in QA·C are configured using the -size option (compiler personality).

For example:


/*PRQA S 2017,3197,3199,3203,3227,3408,3447,3602,3625 ++*/

extern void ef(float p);

extern float foo(long double v)
{
    float a = v;                /* Message 3830 */

    a = v;                      /* Message 3830 */

    ef(v);                      /* Message 3830 */

    return v;                   /* Message 4030 */
}