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Arithmetic type - Operands

The left hand operand of an arithmetic, bitwise or shift operator is an expression which is effectively Boolean. This is bad practice at best and probably a mistake.

For example: 


/*PRQA S 2017,3204,3227,3408 ++*/

int foo(int a, int b, int c)
{
    int x;

    x = (a > b) + c;                /* Message 4104 */

    return x;
}

MISRA-C:2004 Rules applicable to message 4104:

Rule  12.6  (Advisory) The operands of logical operators (&&, || and !) should be effectively Boolean. Expressions that are effectively Boolean should not be used as operands to operators other than (&&, ||, !, =, ==, != and ?:).

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