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| 1 | +# **Coding Guidelines Subcommittee Meeting on 2026-04-22 @ 1600 CEST / 1100 EDT** |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +[Link](https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?qm=1&lid=5,12,2643743,8,1850147,100,14&h=5&date=2026-4-22&sln=11-12&hf=1) to meeting time in common time zones. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +| Search Key | Description | |
| 6 | +| :---- | :---- | |
| 7 | +| \[todo\] | Action Item | |
| 8 | +| \[decision\] | Something decided on | |
| 9 | +| \[important\] | Key information | |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +## **Agenda** |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +1. Solicitation of notetaker |
| 14 | +2. Acceptance of [Previous Meeting Minutes](https://github.com/Safety-Critical-Rust-Consortium/safety-critical-rust-consortium/blob/main/subcommittee/coding-guidelines/meetings/2026-04-15/minutes.md) |
| 15 | +3. Introduction of new members |
| 16 | +4. Review batches for [CERT C \=\> Rust Mapping](https://github.com/rustfoundation/safety-critical-rust-coding-guidelines/issues/336) (Pete) |
| 17 | + - Félix can share updates from his side on reviewing feedback |
| 18 | + - Let's split up again, to get some feedback on batches 1 & 2 |
| 19 | + - [\#427 \[CERT C Review Batch 1/5\] Review proposed Rust categorization](https://github.com/rustfoundation/safety-critical-rust-coding-guidelines/issues/427) |
| 20 | + * [https://meet.google.com/xna-qdvi-rmk](https://meet.google.com/xna-qdvi-rmk) |
| 21 | + - [\#428 \[CERT C Review Batch 2/5\] Review proposed Rust categorization](https://github.com/rustfoundation/safety-critical-rust-coding-guidelines/issues/428) |
| 22 | + * [https://meet.google.com/sow-whqc-iir](https://meet.google.com/sow-whqc-iir) |
| 23 | +5. Coverage of MISRA C and CERT C in 2026 (Félix / Markus updates) |
| 24 | + - MISRA C one has a [PR up](https://github.com/rustfoundation/safety-critical-rust-coding-guidelines/pull/432) from Markus |
| 25 | +6. Interest in the MISRA C++ mapping |
| 26 | + - Please register interest on [this Zulip thread](https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/579369-safety-critical-consortium.2Fcoding-guidelines/topic/MISRA.20C.2B.2B.20Mapping.20Interest/with/584764785) |
| 27 | + - Pete/Alex/Joel are working out how we can have some kind of copy of the MISRA documents (C, C++) held in the jurisdiction of the Rust Foundation in support of members to be able to work on coding guidelines |
| 28 | +7. Overview of [Safety-Critical Rust](https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-project-goals/2026/roadmap-safety-critical-rust.html) \- Rust Project Goals Roadmap (Pete) |
| 29 | + - Soliciting those interested in [Establish a Spot for Safety-Critical Lints in Clippy](https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-project-goals/2026/safety-critical-lints-in-clippy.html) goal |
| 30 | + * Register interest [here](https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/445688-safety-critical-consortium/topic/Getting.20involved.20with.20Clippy.20for.20SCRC.20lints/with/583090116) on Rust Zulip |
| 31 | + - Soliciting those interested in [Normative Documentation for Sound unsafe Rust](https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-project-goals/2026/safe-unsafe-for-safety-critical.html) goal |
| 32 | + * Register interest [here](https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/445688-safety-critical-consortium/topic/SCRC.20.3C.3D.3E.20t-opsem.3A.20Normative.20Documentation.20for.20Sound.20.60unsafe.60/with/586198564) on Rust Zulip |
| 33 | +8. Proposals and ideas for new rules (all) |
| 34 | +9. Progress on ongoing tasks (all) |
| 35 | +10. Round table |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +## **Check-in area** |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +**Please add your name, and an emoji that describes your day.** |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +* Markus Hosch |
| 42 | +* Oreste Bernardi🏥 |
| 43 | +* Arshad Mahmood 🌞 |
| 44 | +* Andreas Weis ☀️ |
| 45 | +* Max Jacinto 👾 |
| 46 | +* William Barsse |
| 47 | +* Christof Petig 🌞 |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +**Notetaker:** |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +* Markus Hosch |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +For tips on how we take notes in the Safety-Critical Rust Consortium, please see the [Meeting Notetaker Role](https://github.com/rustfoundation/safety-critical-rust-consortium/blob/main/docs/notetaker-role.md) doc. |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +## **Housekeeping section** |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +* Document space: [coding-guidelines](https://github.com/rustfoundation/safety-critical-rust-consortium/tree/main/subcommittee/coding-guidelines) |
| 58 | +* Zulip: [safety-critical-consortium: Coding Guidelines](https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/445688-safety-critical-consortium/topic/Coding.20Guidelines) |
| 59 | +* [Kanban board](https://github.com/orgs/rustfoundation/projects/1/views/3) |
| 60 | + * [`contributor experience`](https://github.com/orgs/rustfoundation/projects/1/views/4) view |
| 61 | + * [`coding guideline`](https://github.com/orgs/rustfoundation/projects/1/views/5) view |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +## **Tasks** |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +* Markus to also review [https://github.com/Safety-Critical-Rust-Consortium/safety-critical-rust-coding-guidelines/issues/430](https://github.com/Safety-Critical-Rust-Consortium/safety-critical-rust-coding-guidelines/issues/430) |
| 66 | +* Oreste will create an issue on the operator precedence issue |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +## **Meeting Minutes** |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +* Previous meeting minutes accepted |
| 71 | +* Looking at [https://github.com/Safety-Critical-Rust-Consortium/safety-critical-rust-coding-guidelines/issues/336](https://github.com/Safety-Critical-Rust-Consortium/safety-critical-rust-coding-guidelines/issues/336), this has been split into 5 subissues, see [https://github.com/Safety-Critical-Rust-Consortium/safety-critical-rust-coding-guidelines/issues/336\#issuecomment-4040940602](https://github.com/Safety-Critical-Rust-Consortium/safety-critical-rust-coding-guidelines/issues/336#issuecomment-4040940602) |
| 72 | +* [https://github.com/Safety-Critical-Rust-Consortium/safety-critical-rust-coding-guidelines/pull/432](https://github.com/Safety-Critical-Rust-Consortium/safety-critical-rust-coding-guidelines/pull/432) will be merged by 04/25/26 if there are no more comments. |
| 73 | +* Pointed to the thread and asked for interest |
| 74 | +* [https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-project-goals/2026/safe-unsafe-for-safety-critical.html](https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-project-goals/2026/safe-unsafe-for-safety-critical.html): Unsafe is not documented well enough; goal is to look at the “dark corners” and shed some light; Iceoryx2 is used as an example. |
| 75 | + * Q: How can you “define” undefined behavior? The spec sometimes does not say *anything* about a specific part of the language, so it is unknown whether it will (at some point) be sound or not |
| 76 | + * Last FAQ point gets debated, wording seems unclear. The intent is to describe what preconditions sound code has; it is not intended to define things that are UB today. |
| 77 | +* New rules |
| 78 | + * MISRA C rule “follow contracts” could that lead to a rule “use typestate”? |
| 79 | + 1. Maybe too strict. The rule should be more open to also allow other ways |
| 80 | + 2. Rule not very useful as it cannot be checked / enforced. |
| 81 | + 3. Might be useful as an implementation pattern to help enforce more high level rules or other rules |
| 82 | + * Operator precedence change in the face of generics |
| 83 | + 1. Evaluation order changes depending on whether the left hand side of the add\_assign operator is generic or not. |
| 84 | +* No topics for the round table |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +## **Material** |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +Any material to read before the meeting should be included here. |
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