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Title: Rec. 12. Error Handling (ERR)  
Author: Sandy Shrum Mar 05, 2015
Last Changed by: David Svoboda Aug 06, 2025
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    Page: ERR00-C. Adopt and implement a consistent and comprehensive error-handling policy
    Page: ERR01-C. Use ferror() rather than errno to check for FILE stream errors
    Page: ERR02-C. Avoid in-band error indicators
    Page: ERR04-C. Choose an appropriate termination strategy
    Page: ERR05-C. Application-independent code should provide error detection without dictating error handling
    Page: ERR06-C. Understand the termination behavior of assert() and abort()
    Page: ERR07-C. Prefer functions that support error checking over equivalent functions that don't
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