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Arithmetic type - Assignment

This message is issued whenever an expression of essentially character type undergoes an assigning conversion to Boolean type.

For example: 


/*PRQA S 1-9999 ++*/
/*PRQA S 4410 --*/

void foo (_Bool b);

_Bool f4410 (char a)
{
  _Bool boa = a;            /* 4410 */

  foo (a + 1);              /* 4410 */

  boa = a - 1;              /* 4410 */

  return a;                 /* 4410 */
}

MISRA-C:2004 Rules applicable to message 4410:

Rule  10.1  (Required) The value of an expression of integer type shall not be implicitly converted to a different underlying type if: a) it is not a conversion to a wider integer type of the same signedness, or b) the expression is complex, or c) the expression is not constant and is a function argument, or d) the expression is not constant and is a return expression

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