Guidelines for counting Line of Code - Project management (PMP)

Explain the guidelines for counting line of code.

a. Each counted line must contain only one source statement.
b. Count all delivered executable statements.
c. Count data definitions once. Do not count lines that contain only comments
d. Do not count debug or temporary code
e. Count all the invocations or inclusions of the macros
f. Translate the number of lines of code to assembly language equivalent lines so that comparisons can be made across the projects.
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Disadvantages of using line of code as a unit of sizing of software - Project management (PMP)
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