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Rule 8.6: External declaration without definition - Polyspacer - 16-06-2015
I have a header file MISRA_8.6.h, in which a variable is declared:
Code:
extern signed short int Variable;And I have the corresponding c-file MISRA_8.6.c, which uses the variable as input.
Code:
#include "MISRA_8.6.h"
signed short int A;
void main(void)
{
/*8.6*/
A = Variable;
}The c-file defining the variable is out of scope. Is rule 8.6 violated by this setting or is another rule 8.x violated?
Re: Rule 8.6: External declaration without definition - misra-c - 25-06-2015
Rule 8.6 covers the situation when there is no external definition present in the set of files being analysed. Therefore "Variable" will violate rule 8.6.