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Recommendations

APP00-C. Functions should validate their parameters

API02-C. Functions that read or write to or from an array should take an argument to specify the source or target size

API03-C. Create consistent interfaces across related function calls

API04-C. Provide a simple error checking mechanism

API05-C. Support compile-time checking

API06-C. Make failures obvious

API07-C. Enforce type safety

API08-C. Protect header prototypes from misinterpretation

Rules

Risk Assessment Summary

Recommendation

Severity

Likelihood

Remediation Cost

Priority

Level

API00-C

medium

probable

medium

P8

L2

Rule

Severity

Likelihood

Remediation Cost

Priority

Level

API30-C

medium

unlikely

low

P6

L2

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