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Macro Definition

This macro is is surrounded by braces { } and contains semicolons and therefore appears to represent a block of code.

For example: 


/*PRQA S 553,2017,3410,3429 ++*/

#define START(buf, n)                           \
    {   int i;                                  \
        for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) { buf[i] = i; } \
    }                                                   /* Message 3458 */

MISRA-C:2004 Rules applicable to message 3458:

Rule  19.4  (Required) C macros shall only expand to a braced initialiser, a constant, a string literal, a parenthesised expression, a type qualifier, a storage class specifier, or a do-while-zero construct.

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