The use of increment and decrement operators in method calls or in combination with other arithmetic operators is not recommended, because:
- It can significantly impair the readability of the code.
- It introduces additional side effects into a statement, with the potential for undefined behavior.
- It is safer to use these operators in isolation from any other arithmetic operators.
Noncompliant code example
u8a = ++u8b + u8c--;
foo = bar++ / 4;
Compliant solution
The following sequence is clearer and therefore safer:
++u8b;
u8a = u8b + u8c;
u8c--;
foo = bar / 4;
bar++;
