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Constraint violations REFERENCE - ISO:C90-6.3.15 Conditional Operator - Constraints

This is a constraint error

Check the type of the 2nd and 3rd operands of this conditional operator. A conditional operator can only be used when:

For example:


/*PRQA S 2211,2213,2216,3198,3199,3203,3205,3210,3227,3408,3447,3617,3625 ++*/

struct ST1 {int a; int b;};

extern struct ST1 stx;
extern struct ST1 sty;
extern int   g;
extern int  *pi;
extern char *pc;

void foo(int n)
{
    int r;
    int *p;

    p = (n > 0) ? pi : g;       /* Message 0540 */
    p = (n > 0) ? pi : pc;      /* Message 0540 */


    r = (n > 0) ? n : g;        /* OK           */
    stx = (n > 0) ? stx : sty;  /* OK           */

}


MISRA-C:2004 Rules applicable to message 0540:

Rule  1.1  (Required) All code shall conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 C programming language, ISO 9899, amended and corrected by ISO/IEC 9899/COR1:1995, ISO/IEC 9899/AMD1:1995, and ISO/IEC 9899/COR2: 1996192


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