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Arithmetic type - Operands

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

For example:


/*PRQA S 1-9999 ++*/
/*PRQA S 4524 --*/

enum E {ONE, TWO};

void f4524 (enum E a)
{
  1 << a;                   /* 4524 */
  
  2 >> TWO;                 /* 4524 */
}

See also:

QA·C Source Code Analyser 8.1.2
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