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Rules are identified by the label rule.
Recommendations
Recommendations are guidelines or suggestions. Coding practices are defined to be recommendations when all of the following conditions are met:
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Recommendations are identified by the label recommendation.
Exceptions
Any rule or recommendation may specify a small set of exceptions detailing the circumstances under which the coding practice is not necessary to ensure the security of software. Exceptions are informative only and not required to be followed.
Coding practices that specify one or more exceptions are identified by the label exceptions.
Identifiers
Each rule and recommendation is given a unique identifier. These identifiers consist of three parts:
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