Synopsis

(Required) Within an enumerator list, the value of an implicitly-specified enumeration constant shall be unique

Enabled by default

Yes

Severity/Certainty

Medium/Medium

Full description

A duplicated implicit enumeration constant was found. This check is identical to MISRAC2012-Rule-8.12.

Coding standards

Code examples

The following code example fails the check and will give a warning:

/* skink equals to geko */
enum lizards { goanna = 1, parentie = 2, skink, geko = 3 };

The following code example passes the check and will not give a warning about this issue:

enum lizards { goanna, parentie, skink = 3, geko = 3 };