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When using long identifiers, try to make the initial portions of the identifiers unique for easier recognition. This also helps prevent errors resulting from non-unique identifiers (DCL32-C. Guarantee identifiers are unique).

Risk Analysis

Failing to use visually distinct identifiers can result in the wrong variable being used, causing unexpected program flow.

Recommendation

Severity

Likelihood

Remediation Cost

Priority

Level

DCL02-A

1 (low)

1 (unlikely)

3 2 (lowmedium)

P3 P2

L3

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