Good C code will select a rigid set of patterns, carefully chosen to maximize safety, and stick to them. It makes a lot of the bug prone patterns stand out. Th

Good C code will select a rigid set of patterns, carefully chosen to maximize safety, and stick to them. It makes a lot of the bug prone patterns stand out. This is somewhat like what a higher level compiler can produce, but more manual. It's reliance on code smell instead of a type checker.