SEI CERT C Coding Standard

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char *loop_ptr;
int *int_ptr;

int *loop_function(void *v_pointer) {
  /* ... */
  return v_pointer;
}
int_ptr = loop_function(loop_ptr);

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Because the input parameter directly influences the return value, and loopFunctionloop_function() returns an int *, the formal parameter v_pointer is redeclared to only accept int *.

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int *loop_ptr;
int *int_ptr;

int *loopFunctionloop_function(int *v_pointer) {
  /* ... */
  return v_pointer;
}
int_ptr = loopFunctionloop_function(loop_ptr);

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