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Title:	MSC38-C. Do not treat a predefined identifier as an object if it might only be implemented as a macro
Author:	Frank Costello	Feb 28, 2010
Last Changed by:	David Svoboda	May 05, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/qdYxBQ
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SEI CERT C Coding Standard (1)     Page: CC. Undefined Behavior

Parent Page     Page: Rule 48. Miscellaneous (MSC)

• rose-na-macros
• android-applicable
• ptc
• rule
• msc
• in-cpp

Time	Editor
May 05, 2025 09:44	Caden Milne	View Changes
REM Cost Reform
Apr 03, 2025 15:50	Caden Milne	View Changes
Identify undefined behavior
Dec 12, 2024 01:53	Swasti Shrivastava	View Changes
Nov 25, 2024 11:03	Caden Milne	View Changes
Updated UB references from C11->C23
Nov 15, 2024 15:36	Caden Milne
Updated references from C11->C23

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    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://www.mathworks.com/help/bugfinder/ref/certcrulemsc38…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/Polyspace+Bug…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://www.kb.cert.org/vulnotes/bymetric?searchview&query=…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/DCL37-C.+Do+n…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/SEI+CERT+C+Co…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/How+this+Codi…

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