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Related Guidelines
| CERT C++ Secure Coding Standard | EXP11-CPP. Do not apply operators expecting one type to data of an incompatible type |
| ISO/IEC TR 24772 | Bit representations [STR] |
| MISRA-C | Rule 3.5 (required): If it is being relied upon, the implementation-defined behaviour and packing of bitfields shall be documented |
Bibliography
| [Plum 1985] | Rule 6-5: In portable code, do not depend upon the allocation order of bit-fields within a word |
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