High Integrity C
High Integrity C (HIC or formerly HICPP) is a software coding standard for the C programming language developed by Programming Research Limited, now part of Perforce Software.[1] HIC was first published in October 2003.[2] The latest revision, version 4.0, was released in October 2013 and documents 155 rules that restrict the use of ISO C language to improve software maintenance and reliability in high reliability or safety critical applications.[3]
The Motor Industry Software Reliability Association (MISRA) C coding standard reference list includes High Integrity C .[4]
Tools
[edit]Notable tools that check for compliance with High Integrity C are:
- LDRA Testbed by Liverpool Data Research Associates
- Helix QAC (formerly Programming Research Limited QA-C )
- Parasoft C/C test by Parasoft
- LLVM’s clang-tidy
Revision history
[edit]- 1.0 – 3 October 2003
- 2.0 – 20 October 2003
- 3.0 – 24 January 2008
- 4.0 – 3 October 2013
References
[edit]- ^ "Clearlake-backed Perforce Software acquires Programming Research". pehub.com. 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ^ "Major update to High Integrity C Coding Standard (HIC )". sdtimes.com. 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ^ "PRQA releases new high reliability C coding blueprint". Electronics Weekly. 3 October 2013.
- ^ MISRA C :2008. The Motor Industry Software Reliability Association. 2008. p. 174.