myNameSpace::myEnumType LookupEnumValueFromString(const std::string& theString)
{
myEnumType ReturnVal = myNameSpace::myEnumType::eUNKNOWN;
Parasoft reports “Implicit conversion of integer type from wider to narrower type shall not be used” on the assignment to myEnumType.
Where
namespace myNameSpace
{
enum class myEnumType : uint32_t
{
.... // other values
eUNKNOWN = 0xFFFFFFFF
}
and
typedef unsigned int uint32_t;
If I redefine eUNKNOWN to be 0x7FFFFFFF, the report goes away. But the enum type is unsigned, so why does this happen? I am sure that I am overlooking something very obvious, but what?
