Synopsis

(Required) A function declared with the [[noreturn]] attribute shall not return

Enabled by default

Yes

Severity/Certainty

Low/High

Full description

A function with a [[noreturn]] function specifier returns. This check is identical to MISRAC2012-Rule-17.9.

Coding standards

Code examples

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

[[noreturn]] 
void example () { /* Non-compliant  */
  return; 
} 

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

[[noreturn]] 
void example () { 
  abort();      // Compliant - no return from abort().
}