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Title:	INT12-C. Do not make assumptions about the type of a plain int bit-field when used in an expression
Author:	Robert C. Seacord	Jun 08, 2006
Last Changed by:	David Svoboda	May 20, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/VNYxBQ
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Parent Page     Page: Rec. 04. Integers (INT)

• compass/rose
• android-applicable
• rose-complete
• portability
• recommendation
• int

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    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://www.mathworks.com/help/bugfinder/ref/certcrec.int12…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/Polyspace+Bug…
    https://www.sonarsource.com/products/codeanalyzers/sonarcfa…
    https://www.kb.cert.org/vulnotes/bymetric?searchview&query=…

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