High Integrity CPP Rule 10.2

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High Integrity CPP Rule 10.2 Access to an array should be demonstrably within the bounds of the array.

(QA C++ 4307)

Justification

This improves robustness and security. This applies to indices and also to C library functions that modify arrays, such as sprintf() and scanf(). Functions that do not provide a means of bounds checking, such as gets(), should not be used.

Exclusive with

Rule 8.4.9

High Integrity CPP Rule 10.2	Access to an array should be demonstrably within the bounds of the array.
	(QA C++ 4307)