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Constraint violations REFERENCE - ISO:C90-6.6.1 Labeled Statements - Constraints

This is a constraint error

A 'case' or 'default' label has no meaning outside the body of a switch statement. For example: 


/*PRQA S 2017,2201,2204,3120,3198,3199,3227,3408 ++*/

extern int foo(int n)
{
   int r;

   switch (n)
   {
   case 0:
      r = 10;
      break;

   case 1:
      r = 20;
      break;

   default:
      r = 0;
      break;
   }

   case 2:                      /* Message 0768 */
      r = 20;

   return r;
}

MISRA-C:2004 Rules applicable to message 0768:

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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