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While inline functions are, in general, more suitable for this task (see PRE00-A. Prefer inline or static functions to function-like macros), occasionally they are not feasible. For instance, the when macros are expected to operate on variables of different types; this is well-handled by macros, but not by inline functions.
When multiple statements are used in a macro, they should be bound together in a loop syntactically, so the macro can appear safely inside if-clauses, or other places that expect a single statement or a statement block.
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Rule | Severity | Likelihood | Remediation Cost | Priority | Level | |
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PRE10-A | high high | likely | low | P??? | P9 | L2 L??? |
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