Method checkCastIntToCharAndBackError

lib/checkother.cpp:133–147

}

void CheckOtherImpl::checkCastIntToCharAndBackError(const Token *tok, const std::string &strFunctionName)
{
    reportError(
        tok,
        Severity::warning,
        "checkCastIntToCharAndBack",
        "$symbol:" + strFunctionName + "\n"
        "Storing $symbol() return value in char variable and then comparing with EOF.\n"
        "When saving $symbol() return value in char variable there is loss of precision. "
        " When $symbol() returns EOF this value is truncated. Comparing the char "
        "variable with EOF can have unexpected results. For instance a loop \"while (EOF != (c = $symbol());\" "
        "loops forever on some compilers/platforms and on other compilers/platforms it will stop "
        "when the file contains a matching character.", CWE197, Certainty::normal
        );
}


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