Top "Standards" questions

Free tools to check compliance with MISRA C?

Are there any open-source or free tools out there, that check the MISRA C compliance?

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What system default date format to use?

I'm setting the standards for our application. I've been wondering, what default date format should I choose to use ? It …

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Do string literals that end with a null-terminator contain an extra null-terminator?

For example: char a[] = "abc\0"; Does standard C say that another byte of value 0 must be appended even if the …

c string standards

Are colons allowed in URLs?

I thought using colons in URIs was "illegal". Then I saw that vimeo.com is using URIs like http://www.…

apache standards uri colon

Database Engines and ANSI SQL Compliance

I've been searching for half an hour and can't find any resources stating what level of the SQL ANSI standard …

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Paypal Payment Standard: Callback URL

On Paypal Sandbox: After logging in using a test account and then clicking the "Pay Now" button, the user is …

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Denormalized Numbers - IEEE 754 Floating Point

So I'm trying to learn more about Denormalized numbers as defined in the IEEE 754 standard for Floating Point numbers. I've …

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Using duplicate parameters in a URL

We are building an API in-house and often are passing a parameter with multiple values. They use: mysite.com?id=1&…

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Are there any alternatives to OData?

OData is used by Netflix and in many of Microsoft's products (servers: CRM, Sharepoint, SQL Server; clients: Excel). While OData …

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A standard way in C++ to define an exception class and to throw exceptions

I want to build a class with functions that may throw exceptions that I want to catch when I use …

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