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This noncompliant code example, and the subsequent compliant solutions, are assumed to eventually call std::terminate() in accordance with the ERR50-CPP-EX1 exception described in ERR50-CPP. Do not call std::terminate(), std::abort(), or std::_Exit()abruptly terminate the program. Indicating the nature of the problem to the operator is elided for brevity.
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Related Guidelines
This rule supplements FIO42-C. Close files when they are no longer needed.
| SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard | MEM51-CPP. Properly deallocate dynamically allocated resources | SEI CERT C Coding Standard | FIO42-C. Close files when they are no longer needed
Bibliography
| [ISO/IEC 14882-2014] | Subclause 27.9.1, "File Streams" |
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