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Arithmetic type - Assignment

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

For example: 


/*PRQA S 1-9999 ++*/
/*PRQA S 4402 --*/

enum E {ONE, TWO};

void foo (enum E);

enum E f4402 (int a)
{
  enum E ena = (a != 0);    /* 4402 */

  foo (a < 0);              /* 4402 */

  ena = (a < 0);            /* 4402 */

  return (a == 0);          /* 4402 */
}

MISRA C:2012 Rules applicable to message 4402:

Rule-10.3  (Required) The value of an expression shall not be assigned to an object with a narrower essential type or of a different essential type category.

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