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Title:	FLP36-C. Preserve precision when converting integral values to floating-point type
Author:	David Svoboda	Mar 10, 2009
Last Changed by:	David Svoboda	Jun 12, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/XdYxBQ
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SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java (1)     Page: NUM13-J. Avoid loss of precision when converting primitive integers to floating-point

Android (1)     Page: Applicable in Principle to Android (C Rules/Recomendations)

Parent Page     Page: Rule 05. Floating Point (FLP)

• nptc
• rose-possible
• rule
• flp
• nptc-complexity
• in-cpp

Time	Editor
Jun 12, 2025 12:43	Swasti Shrivastava	View Changes
exception for intention
May 05, 2025 08:39	David Svoboda	View Changes
REM Cost Reform
Dec 11, 2024 03:10	Swasti Shrivastava	View Changes
Nov 05, 2024 09:18	Caden Milne	View Changes
Updated references from C11->C23
Nov 05, 2024 05:06	Swasti Shrivastava

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    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v674/
    https://www.mathworks.com/help/bugfinder/ref/certcruleflp36…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/How+this+Codi…
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