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Could detect violations of this recommendation merely by searching for the use of "magic numbers" and magic strings in the code itself. That is, any number (except a few canonical numbers: −1, 0, 1, 2) that appears in the code anywhere besides where assigned to a variable is a magic number and should instead be assigned to a const integer, enum, or macro. Likewise, any string literal (except "" and individual characters) that appears in the code anywhere besides where assigned to a char* or char[] is a magic string

ECLAIR

CC2.DCL06

Fully implemented

C3120, C3121, C3122, C3123, C3131, C3132

201 S

Fully implemented

CERT_C-DCL06-a

"#define" or enum constants should be used instead of hard coded values whenever possibleUse meaningful symbolic constants to represent literal values

CERT C: Rec. DCL06-C

Checks for:

• Hard-coded buffer size
• Hard-coded loop boundary

Size of memory buffer is a numerical value instead of symbolic constant

Loop boundary is a numerical value instead of symbolic constant

3120, 3121, 3122,

3123, 3131, 3132