Enumeration size for c code

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Enumeration size for c code

Forum: General Discussion

Creator: Daniel

Created: 2026-01-08

Updated: 2026-02-25

Daniel - 2026-01-08

Is there a way to specify to cppcheck the size of enums in c code? I have projects with the equivalent of -fshort-enums enabled. Places where enumerations are converted to integer values are showing cppcheck errors. Cppcheck thinks the enumerations are 4 bytes but really the compiler makes them one byte.

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Oliver Stöneberg - 2026-02-25

Thanks for your report. I filed https://trac.cppcheck.net/ticket/14537 about supporting this.

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