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Nico Schottelius 7c47ae1c48 update to cinit-0.3pre19
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Coding style
============
Nico Schottelius <nico-cinit]at[schottelius.org>
0.1, for cinit, Initial version from 2006-11-13
:Author Initials: NS
This document describes the coding style used in cinit.
Indent
------
Indent the code by 3 spaces for each level.
Indent variable names, so the names begin all at the same position.
Use three spaces to place them.
Whitespaces
-----------
Where to put or avoid whitespaces (space or linefeed (lf)).
Spaces
~~~~~~
- After closing brace "if(test) return 0;"
- Spaces before and after '=', '>', '<', '==', '!='', '>=', '<=', '>>', '<<', '&', '&&', '|', '||'
- After start of comment and before end of comment: '/* text */'
After ')', ','
No spaces
~~~~~~~~~
- Within braces and code "(!test)",
- Before braces "if(code)"
- No space before ), so if '))', do not put a space after the first ')'
Linebreaks
~~~~~~~~~~
This somehow includes the setting of braces (indirectly through (not) setting
spaces.
If
^^
Put the if, the braces and the opening curly brace on one line,
put the closing one together with `else` and the new opening
curly brace on one line:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
if(...) {
/* code */
} else {
/* else: code */
}
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
While
^^^^^
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
while(condition) {
/* repeat */
}
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Do-While
^^^^^^^^
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
do {
/* something */
} while(running);
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Switch
^^^^^^
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
switch(value) {
case DO_SOMETHING:
/* code */
break;
default:
break;
}
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Where to put curly braces
-------------------------
Functions
~~~~~~~~~
Opening and closing curly braces are placed on a seperate row:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
int func(int params)
{
body
}
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If, else, while, do-while
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
See above.
Comments
---------
where necessery, do not state the obvious in comments:
/* this code increments tmp */
++tmp;
If there is more than one line containing a comment, try to adjust them
so they look the same in width and position:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
int illuminati = 23; /* do not want to comment that */
int the_answer_to_everything = 42; /* 42. */
[...]
while(illuminati < the_answer_to_everything) { /* only try before them */
overtake_world(&self); /* overtake is complex */
}
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Header
-------
Put a header into each file, containing:
- Date of file being put into existence (year is enough)
- Name and e-mail (obfuscated if you want) of the author(s)
- Description of the function
- Copyright statement (if not included GPLv2 or later is assumed)
Includes
~~~~~~~~
Include system headers first, then place own headers. Comment the includes,
wherefore you added them. Example:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include <unistd.h> /* write */
#include "cinit.h> /* cinit_ipc_* */
------------------------------------------------------------------------------