ASML C Coding Standard

Rule: 6.5.15.a

Synopsis:	The second and third operand of a conditional expression of the conditional operator shall not contain side-effects.
Language:	C
Severity Level:	6
Category:	Expressions

Description:

Justification

Example 1

(a > b) ? i++ : j++; /* WRONG: only one of i and j are incremented */

Example 2

if (a > b) /* RIGHT */
{
   i++;
}
else
{
   j++;
}

Example 3

/* Search for "\n" in string and print the string or an error message. */                          

{
   p = strchr(string, "\n");
   printf("Result: %s\n", (p != NULL) ? p : "NOT FOUND"); /* RIGHT */
}