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Title:	EXP36-C. Do not cast pointers into more strictly aligned pointer types
Author:	cjohns	Apr 07, 2007
Last Changed by:	Francesco Mariani	Aug 06, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/u9UxBQ
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SEI CERT C Coding Standard (4)     Page: Errata for SEI CERT C Coding Standard (2016 Edition)     Page: CC. Undefined Behavior     Page: MEM02-C. Immediately cast the result of a memory allocation function call into a pointer to the allocated type     Page: DCL11-C. Understand the type issues associated with variadic functions

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

Parent Page     Page: Rule 03. Expressions (EXP)

• ldra
• gcc
• edg
• compass/rose
• ptc
• rose-complete
• conversion
• rule
• exp
• in-cpp

Time	Editor
Aug 06, 2025 13:56	Francesco Mariani	View Changes
Jul 21, 2025 18:04	Amy Gale	View Changes
May 05, 2025 08:25	Caden Milne	View Changes
REM Cost Reform
Mar 04, 2025 15:33	Caden Milne	View Changes
Identify undefined behavior
Jan 29, 2025 23:44	Amy Gale
Added entry for new CodeSonar warning class

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