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Title:	ARR36-C. Do not subtract or compare two pointers that do not refer to the same array
Author:	cjohns	Apr 08, 2008
Last Changed by:	Joerg Herter	Oct 29, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/1dYxBQ
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SEI CERT C Coding Standard (3)     Page: INT32-C. Ensure that operations on signed integers do not result in overflow     Page: CC. Undefined Behavior     Page: INT30-C. Ensure that unsigned integer operations do not wrap

Android (1)     Page: Unknown Applicability (C Rules/Recomendations)

SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard (1)     Page: CTR54-CPP. Do not subtract iterators that do not refer to the same container

Parent Page     Page: Rule 06. Arrays (ARR)

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Time	Editor
Oct 29, 2025 05:28	Joerg Herter	View Changes
Jul 02, 2025 07:50	Francesco Mariani	View Changes
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May 05, 2025 08:43	Swasti Shrivastava	View Changes
REM Cost Reform
Dec 11, 2024 03:11	Swasti Shrivastava

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