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Title:	EXP12-C. Do not ignore values returned by functions
Author:	Alex Volkovitsky	Jun 23, 2008
Last Changed by:	David Svoboda	Jun 22, 2023
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/mtYxBQ
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SEI CERT C Coding Standard (3)     Page: POS54-C. Detect and handle POSIX library errors     Page: FIO10-C. Take care when using the rename() function     Page: ERR33-C. Detect and handle standard library errors

SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard (1)     Page: EXP32-PL. Do not ignore function return values

SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java (1)     Page: EXP00-J. Do not ignore values returned by methods

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

• compass/rose
• splint
• coverity
• cwe-754
• android-applicable
• exceptions
• rose-complete
• recommendation
• exp
• klocwork

Time	Editor
Jun 22, 2023 08:43	David Svoboda	View Changes
Jun 22, 2023 08:42	David Svoboda	View Changes
Jun 21, 2023 16:59	Jill Britton	View Changes
code examples
Apr 20, 2023 06:03	Jill Britton	View Changes
Feb 06, 2023 13:16	David Svoboda

External Links (13)
    https://www.mathworks.com/help/bugfinder/ref/certcrec.exp12…
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v757/
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v797/
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v698/
    cwe.mitre.org/
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v530/
    https://www.kb.cert.org/vulnotes/bymetric?searchview&query=…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/Polyspace+Bug…
    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/754.html
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/PVS-Studio
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…

SEI CERT C Coding Standard (36)     Page: ECLAIR     Page: Klocwork     Page: Parasoft     Page: RuleChecker     Page: AA. Bibliography     Page: LDRA     Page: Astrée_V     Page: Cppcheck     Page: Helix QAC     Page: Splint     Page: FIO10-C. Take care when using the rename() function     Page: Axivion Bauhaus Suite_V     Page: Axivion Bauhaus Suite     Page: Rose     Page: ERR00-C. Adopt and implement a consistent and comprehensive error-handling policy     Page: Coverity     Page: CodeSonar_V     Page: Helix QAC_V     Page: ECLAIR_V     Page: ERR33-C. Detect and handle standard library errors     Page: PC-lint Plus     Page: ERR02-C. Avoid in-band error indicators     Page: PVS-Studio_V     Page: BB. Definitions     Page: LDRA_V     Page: CodeSonar     Home page: SEI CERT C Coding Standard     Page: Polyspace Bug Finder_V     Page: PC-lint Plus_V     Page: Cppcheck_V     Page: Klocwork_V     Page: Parasoft_V     Page: Coverity_V     Page: Splint_V     Page: Astrée     Page: RuleChecker_V

SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java (2)     Home page: SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java     Page: EXP00-J. Do not ignore values returned by methods

SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard (2)     Home page: SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard     Page: VOID EXP12-CPP. Do not ignore values returned by functions or methods