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That is, objects of type unsigned char may have no padding bits and thus no trap representation. Thus, non-bit field objects of any type may be copied into an array of unsigned char (e.g.for example, via memcpy()) and have their representation examined one byte at a time.
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Search for vulnerabilities resulting from the violation of this rule on the CERT website.
Related Guidelines
CERT C++ Secure Coding Standard: STR00-CPP. Represent characters using an appropriate type
Bibliography
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\[[ISO/IEC 9899:1999|AA. Bibliography#ISO/IEC 9899-1999]\] Section 7.1.1, "Definitions of terms," and Section 7.21, "String handling <{{string.h}}>"
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\[[Seacord 2005a|AA. Bibliography#Seacord 05a]\] Chapter 2, "Strings" |
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