Synopsis

(Required) For each function parameter the type given in the declaration and definition shall be identical, and the return types shall also be identical.

Enabled by default

Yes

Severity/Certainty

Low/Medium

Full description

A declaration and definition for a function were found that use different type qualifiers. This check is identical to CERT-EXP37-C_b.

This is a link analysis check.

Coding standards

Code examples

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

typedef int INT;

void foo(int i);
void foo(INT i) {}

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

void foo(int i);
void foo(int i) {}