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Title: Rule 07. Characters and Strings (STR)  
Author: Robert C. Seacord May 24, 2006
Last Changed by: David Svoboda Mar 15, 2022
Tiny Link: (useful for email) https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/ptUxBQ
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    Page: 2 Rules
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    Page: STR30-C. Do not attempt to modify string literals
    Page: STR31-C. Guarantee that storage for strings has sufficient space for character data and the null terminator
    Page: STR32-C. Do not pass a non-null-terminated character sequence to a library function that expects a string
    Page: STR34-C. Cast characters to unsigned char before converting to larger integer sizes
    Page: STR37-C. Arguments to character-handling functions must be representable as an unsigned char
    Page: STR38-C. Do not confuse narrow and wide character strings and functions
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Mar 15, 2022 09:44 David Svoboda View Changes
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Feb 26, 2017 17:29 Will Snavely  
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    Page: STR30-C. Do not attempt to modify string literals
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