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    Copyright
    The SEI Series in Software Engineering
    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    About the Author
    Ch. 1. Using This Standard
    Ch. 2. Preprocessor (PRE)
    Ch. 3. Declarations and Initialization (DCL)
    Ch. 4. Expressions (EXP)
    EXP00-C. Use parentheses for precedence of operation
    EXP01-C. Do not take the size of a pointer to determine the size of the pointed-to type
    EXP02-C. Be aware of the short-circuit behavior of the logical AND and OR operators
    EXP03-C. Do not assume the size of a structure is the sum of the sizes of its members
    EXP04-C. Do not perform byte-by-byte comparisons between structures
    EXP05-C. Do not cast away a const qualification
    EXP06-C. Operands to the sizeof operator should not contain side effects
    EXP07-C. Do not diminish the benefits of constants by assuming their values in expressions
    EXP08-C. Ensure pointer arithmetic is used correctly
    EXP09-C. Use sizeof to determine the size of a type or variable
    EXP10-C. Do not depend on the order of evaluation of subexpressions or the order in which side effects take place
    EXP11-C. Do not apply operators expecting one type to data of an incompatible type
    EXP12-C. Do not ignore values returned by functions
    EXP30-C. Do not depend on order of evaluation between sequence points
    EXP31-C. Avoid side effects in assertions
    EXP32-C. Do not cast away a volatile qualification
    EXP33-C. Do not reference uninitialized memory
    EXP34-C. Ensure a null pointer is not dereferenced
    Noncompliant Code Example
    Compliant Solution
    Risk Assessment
    References
    EXP35-C. Do not access or modify the result of a function call after a subsequent sequence point
    EXP36-C. Do not convert pointers into more strictly aligned pointer types
    EXP37-C. Call functions with the arguments intended by the API
    EXP38-C. Do not call offsetof() on bit-field members or invalid types
    Ch. 5. Integers (INT)
    Ch. 6. Floating Point (FLP)
    Ch. 7. Arrays (ARR)
    Ch. 8. Characters and Strings (STR)
    Ch. 9. Memory Management (MEM)
    Ch. 10. Input/Output (FIO)
    Ch. 11. Environment (ENV)
    Ch. 12. Signals (SIG)
    Ch. 13. Error Handling (ERR)
    Ch. 14. Miscellaneous (MSC)
    POSIX (POS)
    Glossary
    References
    Index
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    EXP34-C. Ensure a null pointer is not dereferenced

    Attempting to dereference a null pointer results in undefined behavior, typically abnormal program termination.


      

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