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Implementation of the secure coding rules defined in this standard are necessary (but not sufficient) to ensure the security of software systems developed in the C++ programming language.
Recommendations are guidelines or suggestions. Coding practices are defined to be recommendations when all of the following conditions are met:
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- a three-letter mnemonic representing the section of the standard
- a two-digit numeric value in the range of 00-99
- the letter letters "CCPP" indicates indicate that this is a C++ language guideline
The three-letter mnemonic can be used to group similar coding practices and to indicate to which category a coding practice belongs.
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