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MISRAC2004-8.9

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Synopsis

(Required) An identifier with external linkage shall have exactly one external definition.

Enabled by default

Yes

Severity/Certainty

Low/Medium

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Full description

Multiple definitions or no definition were found for an external object or function. This check is identical to MISRAC2012-Rule-8.6, MISRAC++2008-3-2-4, MISRAC++2023-6.2.3_a.

This is a link analysis check.

Coding standards
MISRA C:2012 Rule-8.6

(Required) An identifier with external linkage shall have exactly one external definition

MISRA C++ 2008 3-2-4

(Required) An identifier with external linkage shall have exactly one definition.

MISRA C++ 2023 6.2.3

(Required) The source code used to implement an entity shall appear only once

Code examples

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

void example(void) {}

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

void example(void) {}