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Failing to parenthesize macro replacement lists can cause unexpected results.
Recommendation | Severity | Likelihood | Remediation Cost | Priority | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PRE02-C | Medium | Probable | Low | P12 | L1 |
Automated Detection
| Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CodeSonar |
| LANG.PREPROC.MACROEND LANG.PREPROC.MACROSTART | Macro Does Not End With ) or } Macro Does Not Start With ( or { | ||||||
| CC2.PRE02 | Fully implemented | |||||||
| Klocwork |
| MISRA.DEFINE.BADEXP |
| LDRA tool suite |
| 77 S | Fully implemented | ||||||
| Parasoft C/C++test |
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| MISRA-096 | Fully implemented | |||||||
| PRQA QA-C |
| 3409 | Fully implemented |
Related Vulnerabilities
Search for vulnerabilities resulting from the violation of this rule on the CERT website.
Related Guidelines
| SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard | VOID PRE02-CPP. Macro replacement lists should be parenthesized |
| ISO/IEC TR 24772:2013 | Operator Precedence/Order of Evaluation [JCW] Pre-processor Directives [NMP] |
Bibliography
| [Plum 1985] | Rule 1-1 |
| [Summit 2005] | Question 10.1 |
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