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V2538. MISRA. The value of uninitialize…
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V2538. MISRA. The value of uninitialized variable should not be used.

Apr 24 2019

This diagnostic rule is based on the software development guidelines developed by MISRA (Motor Industry Software Reliability Association).

If a variable of a POD type isn't initialized explicitly and doesn't have an initializer by default, its value will be undefined. Usage of such value will lead to undefined behavior.

Simple synthetic example:

int Aa = Get();
int Ab;
if (Ab) // Ab - uninitialized variable
  Ab = Foo();
else
  Ab = 0;

Usually errors of using uninitialized variables occur through misprints. For example, it may appear that a different variable should be used in this place. Correct code variant:

int Aa = Get();
int Ab;
if (Aa) // OK
  Ab = Foo();
else
  Ab = 0;

This diagnostic is classified as:

  • MISRA-C-9.1
  • MISRA-CPP-8.5.1