Top "Misra" questions

Free tools to check compliance with MISRA C?

Are there any open-source or free tools out there, that check the MISRA C compliance?

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What is the benefit of terminating if … else if constructs with an else clause?

Our organization has a required coding rule (without any explanation) that: if … else if constructs should be terminated with an …

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Is there a way to make an enum unsigned in the C90 standard? (MISRA-C 2004 compliant)

I'm trying to find a way to make an enum "unsigned". enum{ x1 = 0, x2, x3 }; uint8_t = x2; /* <--- …

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Why did my tool throw a MISRA error here?

What can I do to avoid MISRA giving this error for the code below? I tried casting with (unit16_t). …

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What's the difference between "dead code" and "unreachable code"?

I thought those terms where synonymous, but a note in MISRA regarding dead code indicates this to be wrong? What's …

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C/C++ conditional return statements

I am working on embedded program and in certain cases if a condition is not meant, I would like to …

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rationale behind Misra 2012 not allowing cast between different pointers

I am currently working on a project which requires the code to be Misra 2012 compliant. Throughout the project we have …

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MISRA incrementation in C

While debugging some embedded code, I came across something like this: buffPtr = &a[5]; buffEndPtr = &a[10]; while (buffPtr != buffEndPtr) { *…

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Why "continue" is considered as a C violation in MISRA C:2004?

MISRA 14.5 says continue statement must not be used. Can anyone explain the reason? Thank you.

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