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CURRENT (v. 141) Oct 18, 2024 14:27 Caden Milne Updated references from C11->C23.  
v. 140 Sep 19, 2024 13:07 Swasti Shrivastava
v. 139 Sep 15, 2024 12:56 Swasti Shrivastava
v. 138 Oct 09, 2023 14:22 Jill Britton
v. 137 Apr 20, 2023 05:06 Jill Britton
v. 136 Apr 27, 2022 07:22 Jill Britton
v. 135 Jun 25, 2021 04:15 Svyatoslav Razmyslov
v. 134 Apr 22, 2021 12:17 Jill Britton
v. 133 Apr 20, 2021 11:39 Jill Britton
v. 132 Apr 19, 2021 12:00 Jill Britton
v. 131 Mar 03, 2021 13:20 Kris Kafka Added PC-lint Plus to Automated Detection Table
v. 130 Sep 03, 2019 10:42 Anirban Gangopadhyay
v. 129 Aug 30, 2019 10:23 Anirban Gangopadhyay
v. 128 Aug 30, 2019 10:17 Anirban Gangopadhyay
v. 127 Aug 30, 2019 10:07 Anirban Gangopadhyay
v. 126 Dec 06, 2018 09:02 Jill Britton
v. 125 Sep 04, 2018 09:00 Aleksandr Karbyshev
v. 124 Aug 06, 2018 03:49 Michal Rozenau Parasoft C/C++test 10.4
v. 123 Jul 23, 2018 09:43 Anirban Gangopadhyay
v. 122 Mar 12, 2018 16:55 Arthur Hicken updated bold font
v. 121 Feb 12, 2018 21:54 Will Snavely
v. 120 Jan 12, 2018 19:15 Unknown User (lflynn)
v. 119 Dec 19, 2017 00:24 Yozo TODA "regardless of ..." sounds meaningless.
v. 118 Dec 19, 2017 00:21 Yozo TODA The beginning paragraph at NCCE(Id with Ext.linkage) moved to NCCE(errno).
v. 117 Dec 15, 2017 13:53 David Svoboda s/header guard/include guard/g;
v. 116 Nov 16, 2017 14:40 Will Snavely
v. 115 Sep 21, 2017 07:38 Joerg Herter
v. 114 Sep 04, 2017 04:03 Joerg Herter
v. 113 Sep 04, 2017 03:38 Joerg Herter
v. 112 Aug 14, 2017 01:25 Nelson Tam
v. 111 Aug 14, 2017 01:21 Nelson Tam
v. 110 Aug 01, 2017 11:11 G. Ann Campbell
v. 109 Aug 01, 2017 11:06 G. Ann Campbell
v. 108 Aug 01, 2017 10:43 G. Ann Campbell
v. 107 Feb 23, 2017 12:03 Lisa Robertson
v. 106 Feb 22, 2017 15:02 Lisa Robertson
v. 105 Feb 17, 2017 08:50 Lisa Robertson
v. 104 Jan 05, 2017 19:49 Will Snavely
v. 103 Jan 05, 2017 11:57 Will Snavely
v. 102 Nov 30, 2016 14:10 Sandy Shrum minor editorial changes
v. 101 Nov 02, 2016 10:18 Amy Gale
v. 100 Sep 16, 2016 00:04 Will Snavely
v. 99 Jul 28, 2016 10:59 Sandy Shrum
v. 98 May 13, 2016 13:19 Ram Cherukuri
v. 97 Apr 15, 2016 11:39 G. Ann Campbell
v. 96 Feb 18, 2016 14:49 Will Snavely
v. 95 Feb 10, 2016 16:15 Will Snavely
v. 94 Feb 09, 2016 20:17 Will Snavely
v. 93 Feb 09, 2016 20:16 Will Snavely
v. 92 Feb 02, 2016 11:52 Barbara White
v. 91 Feb 01, 2016 14:24 David Svoboda exception names lack '-C'
v. 90 Jan 19, 2016 12:46 Sandy Shrum
v. 89 Oct 26, 2015 16:29 Arthur Hicken
v. 88 Sep 30, 2015 13:36 Carol J. Lallier
v. 87 Jul 30, 2015 07:22 Liz Whiting
v. 86 Mar 31, 2015 23:40 Will Snavely
v. 85 Mar 30, 2015 18:09 Will Snavely
v. 84 Mar 30, 2015 16:33 Will Snavely
v. 83 Mar 11, 2015 09:59 David Svoboda
v. 82 Mar 10, 2015 17:50 David Svoboda
v. 81 Mar 10, 2015 17:10 David Svoboda
v. 80 Mar 10, 2015 17:02 David Svoboda
v. 79 Dec 18, 2014 09:23 Aaron Ballman
v. 78 Dec 16, 2014 09:51 Aaron Ballman Adding an exception for idempotent macro definitions
v. 77 Oct 01, 2014 10:53 Liz Whiting
v. 76 Aug 04, 2014 10:00 Jill Britton
v. 75 Jun 19, 2014 08:57 David Svoboda
v. 74 Apr 10, 2014 06:57 Carol J. Lallier
v. 73 Feb 12, 2014 15:48 Carol J. Lallier
v. 72 Feb 12, 2014 15:47 Carol J. Lallier
v. 71 Feb 06, 2014 15:00 Carol J. Lallier
v. 70 Dec 01, 2013 06:35 Carol J. Lallier
v. 69 Nov 23, 2013 15:01 Robert Seacord (Manager) removed annex J reference
v. 68 Nov 22, 2013 16:45 David Keaton Used reserved identifer instead of reserved word, which means something else.
v. 67 Nov 21, 2013 20:41 Carol J. Lallier
v. 66 Nov 21, 2013 13:51 Robert Seacord (Manager) reviewed
v. 65 Nov 10, 2013 15:34 Carol J. Lallier
v. 64 Nov 06, 2013 12:20 Carol J. Lallier
v. 63 Oct 24, 2013 11:23 David Svoboda Migrated to Confluence 5.3
v. 62 Oct 24, 2013 11:23 David Svoboda
v. 61 Oct 24, 2013 11:01 David Svoboda wordsmithing
v. 60 Oct 17, 2013 10:57 Aaron Ballman Renumbered the exceptions; modified EX0's code example
v. 59 Oct 16, 2013 16:25 Aaron Ballman Minor edits; reviewed except for outstanding question regarding EX1
v. 58 Oct 10, 2013 15:35 Carol J. Lallier
v. 57 Oct 09, 2013 12:44 Carol J. Lallier
v. 56 Oct 04, 2013 11:57 Carol J. Lallier
v. 55 Oct 04, 2013 11:56 Carol J. Lallier
v. 54 Sep 30, 2013 07:39 Carol J. Lallier
v. 53 Sep 24, 2013 16:49 John Benito Changed write up to match code example, changed examples for consistency
v. 52 Sep 22, 2013 15:52 Carol J. Lallier
v. 51 Sep 14, 2013 05:05 Roberto Bagnara
v. 50 Jul 10, 2013 16:18 John Benito Changed the text that refers to compiler errors, to diagnostics issued to be more consistent with the C Standard.
v. 49 Jun 28, 2013 14:23 Aaron Ballman Added an exception about library function declarations (without definitions).
v. 48 Jun 23, 2013 14:38 Carol J. Lallier
v. 47 Jun 12, 2013 15:02 David Svoboda added EX0 exception (for macros)
v. 46 Mar 21, 2013 11:15 Roberto Bagnara Added ECLAIR to the list of tools supporting this rule.
v. 45 Feb 26, 2013 14:10 Carol J. Lallier
v. 44 Feb 26, 2013 14:10 Carol J. Lallier
v. 43 Jan 28, 2013 14:15 Pranjal Jumde updated for consistency with TS 17961
v. 42 Jan 20, 2013 07:12 Carol J. Lallier
v. 41 Jan 08, 2013 15:31 Carol J. Lallier
v. 40 Aug 12, 2012 17:01 Carol J. Lallier
v. 39 Jun 08, 2012 17:05 Carol J. Lallier
v. 38 May 29, 2012 16:32 Carol J. Lallier
v. 37 May 08, 2012 13:45 Astha Singhal
v. 36 Jul 15, 2011 14:41 Shannon Haas Migrated to Confluence 4.0
v. 35 Jul 15, 2011 14:41 Shannon Haas
v. 34 Feb 06, 2011 17:57 Martin Sebor retitled
v. 33 Feb 06, 2011 11:34 Robert Seacord (Manager) retitled
v. 32 Feb 06, 2011 11:30 Robert Seacord (Manager)
v. 31 Jul 23, 2010 12:36 Melanie Thompson
v. 30 Jul 19, 2010 16:26 Melanie Thompson
v. 29 Jul 01, 2010 14:02 Melanie Thompson
v. 28 Jun 22, 2010 15:27 David Svoboda Edited by NavBot (vkp) v1.0
v. 27 Jun 22, 2010 15:08 David Svoboda Added Other Languages section.
v. 26 Jun 09, 2010 15:10 Martin Sebor Added Other Languages section.
v. 25 May 11, 2010 15:26 vishal patel Edited by NavBot (vkp)
v. 24 Apr 26, 2010 11:27 Robert Seacord (Manager) since -> because
v. 23 Apr 26, 2010 11:26 Robert Seacord (Manager) minor edits
v. 22 Apr 25, 2010 17:30 Martin Sebor Elaborated on typical effects of violating the guideline.
v. 21 Apr 14, 2010 16:20 Martin Sebor Added a reference to POSIX reserved names.
v. 20 Mar 02, 2010 22:35 Frank Costello Moving errno NCCE to MSC38-C
v. 19 Feb 28, 2010 10:55 David Svoboda
v. 18 Feb 28, 2010 02:26 Frank Costello
v. 17 Feb 08, 2010 11:22 Robert Seacord (Manager) Removed duplicate examples and added new ones.
v. 16 Jan 18, 2010 14:06 Martin Sebor Removed duplicate examples and added new ones.
v. 15 Jan 16, 2010 19:18 Robert Seacord minor edits
v. 14 Jan 16, 2010 17:06 Martin Sebor Expanded on the risks of using reserved names in header guards. Simplified examples and made them well-formed.
v. 13 Jan 15, 2010 14:39 David Svoboda
v. 12 Jan 14, 2010 20:45 Martin Sebor Added an example.
v. 11 Dec 04, 2009 12:16 Pennie Walters
v. 10 Nov 23, 2009 15:43 Pennie Walters
v. 9 Nov 06, 2009 16:48 Aditya Mahendrakar
v. 8 Nov 06, 2009 16:03 Aditya Mahendrakar
v. 7 Nov 06, 2009 16:02 Aditya Mahendrakar
v. 6 Nov 06, 2009 15:25 Aditya Mahendrakar
v. 5 Nov 06, 2009 15:05 Aditya Mahendrakar
v. 4 Nov 06, 2009 15:02 Aditya Mahendrakar
v. 3 Nov 06, 2009 14:55 Aditya Mahendrakar
v. 2 Nov 06, 2009 00:41 Aditya Mahendrakar
v. 1 Nov 05, 2009 14:13 Aditya Mahendrakar

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