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CWE-1099 — Inconsistent Naming Conventions for Identifiers

provenance: imported · CWE: CWE-1099

CWE-1099: Inconsistent Naming Conventions for Identifiers

MITRE CWE weakness

Kind Weakness
Abstraction Base
Status Incomplete
Likelihood of exploit

Description

The product's code, documentation, or other artifacts do not consistently use the same naming conventions for variables, callables, groups of related callables, I/O capabilities, data types, file names, or similar types of elements.

Common consequences

  • Other: Reduce Maintainability, Increase Analytical Complexity

Mitigations

(none listed)

References

  • CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1099.html
  • CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html