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Preprocessor (PRE)
2.1 PRE30-C. Do not create a universal character name through concatenation
2.2 PRE31-C. Avoid side effects in arguments to unsafe macros
An unsafe function-like macro is one whose expansion results in evaluating one of its parameters more than once or not at all.
#define ABS(x) (((x) < 0) ? -(x) : (x)) /* UNSAFE */ void func(int n) { /* Validate that n is within the desired range */ ++n; int m = ABS(n); /* ... */ }
2.3 PRE32-C. Do not use preprocessor directives in invocations of function-like macros
The arguments to a macro must not include preprocessor directives, such as #define, #ifdef, and #include.
void func(const char *src) { /* Validate the source string; calculate size */ char *dest; /* malloc() destination string */ memcpy(dest, src, #ifdef PLATFORM1 12 #else 24 #endif ); /* ... */ }
3 Declarations and Initialization (DCL)
3.1 DCL30-C. Declare objects with appropriate storage durations
3.2 DCL31-C. Declare identifiers before using them
3.3 DCL36-C. Do not declare an identifier with conflicting linkage classifications
3.4 DCL37-C. Do not declare or define a reserved identifier
3.5 DCL38-C. Use the correct syntax when declaring a flexible array member
- The incomplete array type must be the last element within the structure.
- There cannot be an array of structures that contain a flexible array member.
- Structures that contain a flexible array member cannot be used as a member of another structure.
- The structure must contain at least one named member in addition to the flexible array member.
struct flexArrayStruct{ int num; int data[]; };