This is intended for those who write articles and books

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This is intended for those who write articles and books on the subject
of creating high-quality C/C++ code or security issues.

While studying various projects with the help of the PVS-Studio static
analyzer, we have gathered a relatively large database of error samples.
I suppose this database will be of use and much interest to some authors.

The link to the error samples collection: http://www.viva64.com/en/examples/

The database looks quite plain and is not rich in decorations. But
the samples are cut out manually and edited so that one could easily
understand them.

Of course, far not all the errors detected in a certain project are
added to the database. It’s difficult to understand while looking
through someone else’s project whether or not there is an error in a
certain code fragment. You’d better skip such fragments about which you
are not sure. However, we’ve gathered a lot of examples which can be
used in studying error patterns.

It has happened so that the PVS-Studio analyzer is good at detecting
various misprints or Copy-Paste-related mistakes. To understand what
I mean, please have a look at these error samples detected by the V501
diagnostic: http://www.viva64.com/en/examples-V501/ . There are naturally
other diagnostics detecting similar errors. I’m writing this to show you
the way the collection can be used. Studying misprints and Copy-Paste
errors you may work out a new programming style, give useful tips,
improve coding standards and so on. So, I hope you will find this
collection useful in preparing your articles and books.


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