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MISRA C++:2008 Rule 5-3-4

Evaluation of the operand to the sizeof operator shall not contain side effects

Description

Rule Definition

Evaluation of the operand to the sizeof operator shall not contain side effects.

Polyspace Implementation

The checker does not show a warning on volatile accesses and function calls

Troubleshooting

If you expect a rule violation but Polyspace® does not report it, see Diagnose Why Coding Standard Violations Do Not Appear as Expected.

Check Information

Group: Expressions
Category: Required

Version History

Introduced in R2013b