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#include ""stdio.h"" /* confusing, distinct from <stdio.h><stdio.h> */ /* ... */ |
Compliant Solution
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/* Using a local version of stdio.h */ #include ""mystdio.h"" /* ... */ |
Risk Assessment
Using header file names that conflict with other header file names can result in an incorrect file being included.
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Other Languages
This rule appears in the C++ Secure Coding Standard as PRE04-CPP. Do not reuse a standard header file name.
References
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\[[ISO/IEC 9899:1999|AA. C References#ISO/IEC 9899-1999]\] Section 7.1.2, ""Standard Headers"" |
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PRE03-C. Prefer typedefs to defines for encoding types 01. Preprocessor (PRE)