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LANG.TYPE.TOPCT : typeid of Polymorphic Class Type

Summary

The operand of a typeid operator has polymorphic class or struct type.

Properties

Class Name typeid of Polymorphic Class Type
Significance reliability
Mnemonic LANG.TYPE.TOPCT
Categories
AUTOSARC++14 AUTOSARC++14:A5-3-1 Evaluation of the operand to the typeid operator shall not contain side effects.
MisraC++2023 MisraC++2023:8.2.9 The operand to typeid shall not be an expression of polymorphic class type
CERT-CPP CERT-CPP:EXP52-CPP Do not rely on side effects in unevaluated operands
Availability Available for C++ only (not C).
Enabling Checks for this warning class are disabled by default. To enable them, add the following WARNING_FILTER rule to the project configuration file.
WARNING_FILTER += allow class="typeid of Polymorphic Class Type"

Example

#include <typeinfo>

struct S  { void myfuncS(void) {} };                    // non-polymorphic type
struct Sp { virtual void myfuncP(void) {} };            // polymorphic type

S & fS(void);
Sp & fSp(void);

const std::type_info & get_type_info( S *d,  Sp * dp, int i) {
    switch (i){
        case 1:
            return typeid(*d);                      // ok
        case 2:
            return typeid(*dp);    // 'typeid of Polymorphic Class Type' warning issued here
        case 3:
            return typeid(fS());                   // ok
        default:
            return typeid(fSp());  // 'typeid of Polymorphic Class Type' warning issued here
    }
}

Relevant Configuration File Parameters

The following configuration file parameters affect checks for this warning class.

 

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