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Title:	MSC17-C. Finish every set of statements associated with a case label with a break statement
Author:	David Svoboda	Oct 07, 2008
Last Changed by:	David Svoboda	May 20, 2025
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SEI CERT C Coding Standard (1)     Page: MSC20-C. Do not use a switch statement to transfer control into a complex block

Parent Page     Page: Rec. 48. Miscellaneous (MSC)

• compass/rose
• coverity
• rose-possible
• review
• android-applicable
• exceptions
• recommendation
• msc

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External Links (9)
    https://www.mathworks.com/help/bugfinder/ref/certcrec.msc17…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://www.kb.cert.org/vulnotes/bymetric?searchview&query=…
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v796/
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/Polyspace+Bug…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/PVS-Studio
    https://www.sonarsource.com/products/codeanalyzers/sonarcfa…

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