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Arithmetic type - Assignment

This message is issued whenever an expression of essentially unsigned type undergoes an assigning conversion to plain char type.

For example: 


/*PRQA S 1-9999 ++*/
/*PRQA S 4441 --*/

void foo (char b);

char f4441 (unsigned short a)
{
  char pca = a;             /* 4441 */

  foo (a + 1u);             /* 4441 */

  pca = (a - 1u);           /* 4441 */

  return a;                 /* 4441 */
}

MISRA C:2012 Rules applicable to message 4441:

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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