[C-safe-secure-studygroup] On MISRA C:2012 Rule 5.2

Martin Sebor msebor at gmail.com
Thu Feb 23 15:52:42 UTC 2017


On 02/23/2017 04:03 AM, Andrew Banks wrote:
> Martin Seborwrote:
>
>>>
>
>>>But it also makes it that much more important that a specification make
> a clear distinction between informative
>
>>>text (such as the text of a headline) from the normative text.  In my
> review so far I haven't been able to find
>
>>>where this distinction is explained.
>
> Can I draw your attention to Chapter 6 "Introduction to the
> guidelines"and in particular paragraph6.9"Presentation of guidelines"(my
> emphasis)
>
>         Within the supporting text, there may be a heading titled
>         “Amplification”, followed by textthat provides a more precise
>         description of the guideline.*****_An amplification is
>         normative_*; if itconflicts with the headline, the amplification
>         takes precedence. This mechanism is convenientas it allows a
>         complicated concept to be conveyed using a short headline.

Thanks.  This means that the January 2012 draft I'm using is more
out of date than I thought.  This text isn't there yet.  I guess
I should bite the bullet and spend the $20 on a copy of the final.

I do have to confess I'm not too thrilled to spend my own money on
this.

Martin



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