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This rule appears in the C++ Secure Coding Standard as FLP34-CPP. Ensure that floating point conversions are within range of the new type.

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\[[ISO/IEC 9899:1999|AA. C References#ISO/IEC 9899-1999]\] Section 6.3.1.4, "Real floating and integer," and Section 6.3.1.5, "Real floating types"
\[[ISO/IEC PDTR 24772|AA. C References#ISO/IEC PDTR 24772]\] "FLC Numeric Conversion Errors"
\[[IEEE 754|AA. C References#IEEE 754 2006]\] IEEE 754-1985 Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic
\[[MITRE 07|AA. C References#MITRE 07]\] [CWE ID 681|http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/681.html], "Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types"

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