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Arithmetic type - Assignment

This message is issued whenever an expression of essentially Boolean type undergoes an assigning conversion to a signed integer type.

For example:


/*PRQA S 1-9999 ++*/
/*PRQA S 4403 --*/

void foo (int b);

int f4403 (int a)
{
  int sia = (a != 0);       /* 4403 */

  foo (a < 0);              /* 4403 */

  sia = (a < 0);            /* 4403 */

  return (a == 0);          /* 4403 */
}

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