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Title:	EXP37-C. Call functions with the correct number and type of arguments
Author:	Jeffrey Gennari	Sep 13, 2007
Last Changed by:	Francesco Mariani	Aug 29, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/49UxBQ
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SEI CERT C Coding Standard (3)     Page: FIO06-C. Create files with appropriate access permissions     Page: DCL07-C. Include the appropriate type information in function declarators     Page: CC. Undefined Behavior

Parent Page     Page: Rule 03. Expressions (EXP)

• gcc
• compass/rose
• nptc
• android-applicable
• cwe-628
• rose-partial
• rule
• exp
• nptc-wpa
• in-cpp

Time	Editor
Aug 29, 2025 13:58	Francesco Mariani	View Changes
May 05, 2025 08:26	Caden Milne	View Changes
REM Cost Reform
Mar 04, 2025 15:35	Caden Milne	View Changes
Identify undefined behavior
Dec 11, 2024 00:36	Swasti Shrivastava	View Changes
Nov 25, 2024 11:15	Caden Milne
Updated UB references from C11->C23

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