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Using reserved identifiers can lead to incorrect program operation.
Rule | Severity | Likelihood |
|---|
Detectable | Repairable | Priority | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
DCL51-CPP | Low | Unlikely | Yes |
No |
P2 | L3 |
Automated Detection
Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astrée |
| reserved-identifier | Partially checked | ||||||
| Axivion Bauhaus Suite |
| CertC++-DCL51 | |||||||
| Clang |
| -Wreserved-id-macro-Wuser-defined-literals | The -Wreserved-id-macro flag is not enabled by default or with -Wall, but is enabled with -Weverything. This flag does notcatch all instances of this rule, such as redefining reserved names. | ||||||
| CodeSonar |
| LANG.ID.NU.MK LANG.STRUCT.DECL.RESERVED | Macro name is C keyword Declaration of reserved name | ||||||
| Helix QAC |
| C++5003 | |||||||
| Klocwork |
| MISRA.DEFINE.WRONGNAME | |||||||
| LDRA tool suite |
| 86 S, 218 S, 219 S, 580 S | Fully implemented | ||||||
| Parasoft C/C++test |
| CERT_CPP-DCL51-a | Do not #define or #undef identifiers with names which start with underscore | |||||||
| Polyspace Bug Finder |
| CERT C++: DCL51-CPP | Checks for redefinitions of reserved identifiers (rule partially covered) | ||||||
| PVS-Studio |
| V1059 | |||||||
| RuleChecker |
| reserved-identifier | Partially checked |
| SonarQube C/C++ Plugin |
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| 978 |
Related Vulnerabilities
Search for vulnerabilities resulting from the violation of this rule on the CERT website.
Related Guidelines
| SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard | DCL58-CPP. Do not modify the standard namespaces |
| SEI CERT C Coding Standard | DCL37-C. Do not declare or define a reserved identifier PRE06-C. Enclose header files in an |
| include guard | |
| MISRA C++:2008 | Rule 17-0-1 |
Bibliography
| [ISO/IEC 14882-2014] | Subclause 17.6.4.3, "Reserved Names" |
| [ISO/IEC 9899:2011 ] | Subclause 7.1.3, "Reserved Identifiers" |
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