switch shall have at least one case

Every switch statement shall have at least one case clause (misra2004_15_5_AvoidSwitchWithNoCase.rule)


Description

Every switch statement shall have at least one case.

Benefits:

Provides maintainability of 'switch' statement.

Example:

void foo(int i)
{

   switch(i)      /* Violation */
   {

       default:
           ;
   }

}

Repair:

void foo(int i)
{
   switch(i)      /* OK */
   {
     case 1:
     {

     }
     default:
           ;

   }

}

References:

MISRA-C:2004 Guidelines for the use of the C language in critical systems
Chapter 6, Section 15

Author
ParaSoft
 
 
 
Tags: switch, case, maintainability, Guidelines, critical systems