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Title:	EXP09-C. Use sizeof to determine the size of a type or variable
Author:	Levi Broderick	Apr 06, 2007
Last Changed by:	Francesco Mariani	Aug 06, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/ydUxBQ
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SEI CERT C Coding Standard (1)     Page: DCL06-C. Use meaningful symbolic constants to represent literal values

Parent Page     Page: Rec. 03. Expressions (EXP)

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    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/805.html
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/Polyspace+Bug…
    cwe.mitre.org/
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://www.kb.cert.org/vulnotes/bymetric?searchview&query=…
    https://www.mathworks.com/help/bugfinder/ref/certcrec.exp09…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…

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