Synopsis

(Required) If loop-counter is not modified by -- or ++, then, within condition, the loop-counter shall only be used as an operand to <=, <, > or >=.

Enabled by default

Yes

Severity/Certainty

Low/Low

Full description

A loop counter was found that might not match the loop condition test.

Coding standards

Code examples

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

void example(void)
{
  for(int i = 0; i != 10; i += 2) {}
}

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

void example(void)
{
  for(int i = 0; i <= 10; i+= 2) {}
}