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- A three-letter mnemonic representing the section of the standard
- A two-digit numeric value in the range of 00 to 99
- A suffix that represents the associated language or platform. For
- "-C" for the SEI CERT C Coding Standard
- "-CPP" for the SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard
- "-J" for the SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java
- "-PL" for the SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard
The three-letter mnemonic can be used to group similar coding practices and to indicate which category a coding practice belongs to.
The numeric value is used to give each coding practice a unique identifier. Numeric values in the range of 00 to 29 are reserved for recommendations, and values in the range of 30 to 99 are reserved for rules. (The values used for the SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard are different.) Rules and recommendations are frequently referenced from the rules in this standard by their identifier and title.
Here are some example identifiers with an explanation of each:
- INT50-CPP Do not cast to an out-of-range enumeration value
- This identifier indicates a rule
- “INT” stands for the Integer category
- “50” is the unique identifier
- “-CPP” stands for the C++ language
- EXP00-J Do not ignore values returned by methods
- This identifier indicates a rule
- “EXP” stands for the Expressions category
- “00” is the unique identifier
- “-J” stands for the Java language
- FLP00-C. Understand the limitations of floating-point numbers
- This identifier indicates a recommendation
- “FLP” stands for the Floating Point category
- “00” is the unique identifier
- “-C” stands for the C programming language
Noncompliant Code Examples and Compliant Solutions
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