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Arithmetic type - Operands

This message is issued whenever an expression of essentially Boolean type appears on the left hand side of a shift operator.

For example:


/*PRQA S 1-9999 ++*/
/*PRQA S 4503 --*/

void f4503 (int a, _Bool b)
{
  (a != 0) << 1;            /* 4503 */
  
  b >> 1;                   /* 4503 */
}

See also:

QA·C Source Code Analyser 8.1.2
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