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A well-documented and enforceable coding standard is an essential element of coding in the C++ programming language. Coding standards encourage programmers to follow a uniform set of rules determined by the requirements of the project and organization rather than by the programmer’s experience. Once established, these standards can be used as a metric to evaluate source code (using manual or automated processes).
The following sections of the Introduction include information about how the material of this standard was developed and how to use it.
Relation to the CERT C Coding Standard
How this Coding Standard is Organized
This wiki contains ongoing updates of the standard between official published releases. If you are interested in contributing to the rules, create an account on the wiki and then request contributor privileges by sending a request to info@sei.cmu.edu.
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