Synopsis

(Advisory) A cast should not convert a pointer type to an integral type.

Enabled by default

No

Severity/Certainty

Low/Medium

Full description

A cast from a pointer type to an integral type was found. This check is identical to MISRAC2004-11.3, MISRAC2012-Rule-11.4, MISRAC++2023-8.2.7.

Coding standards

Code examples

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

void example(void) {
  int *p;
  int x;
  x = (int)p;
}

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

void example(void) {
  int *p;
  int *x;
  x = p;
}