[previous] 0636 [next] [U] There are no named members in this 'struct' or 'union'.
Explicitly undefined REFERENCE - ISO:C90-6.5.2.1 Structure and Union Specifiers - Semantics

This struct or union has no named members.

Unnamed members are permitted in structs and unions; in fact, unnamed bit-fields are often used for padding purposes. However defining a struct/union with no named members at all is not useful and results in undefined behaviour.

For example:


/*PRQA S 553,2017,3131,3621 ++*/

struct STX
{
    unsigned int x1;
    unsigned int xba:3;
    unsigned int :0;
    unsigned int xbb:5;
    unsigned int x2;
};

struct STY
{
    unsigned int;               /* Message 0660 */
    unsigned int;               /* Message 0660 */
    unsigned int :0;
    unsigned int;               /* Message 0660 */
    unsigned int;               /* Message 0660 */
};                              /* Message 0636 */


MISRA C:2012 Rules applicable to message 0636:

Rule-1.3  (Required) There shall be no occurrence of undefined or critical unspecified behaviour


See also:

QA·C Source Code Analyser 8.1
MISRA C:2012 Compliance Module 1.0
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