toaruos/docs/style.c
2014-03-20 23:20:16 -07:00

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/* vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 noexpandtab
*
* This file is part of the ToAru Kernel and is released under
* the terms of the NCSA License.
*
* This is an overview of the coding style for the ToAru Kernel.
* Source files should include a header describing the file, but
* this is not the 70s, you do not need to list the file name.
* Having a set of vim: command hints at the top will ensure that
* formatting remains correct.
*
* Tabs are assumed to be four spaces wide for the sake of line length.
*/
/**
* Function
*
* Does things.
*
* @param argument Normal arguments should be in line with the rest
* of the function, unless the line would be cumbersome
* in length. Functions should, ideally, be commented
* with a Doxygen-style header, like this one.
* @param pointer A pointer, to something; the * is separated from
* both the type and the identifier, in order to equally
* annoy both sides of that argument.
* @param string_array An array of strings
* @returns Stuff.
*/
int function(int argument, void * pointer, char * string_array[]) {
/* Inline comments should use the classic C-style*/
if (condition) {
/*
* If a comment is sufficiently long, you should leave some
* space on the top line and the bottom line.
*/
} else {
while ((argument & stuff) ||
(argument & other) ||
(argument & more)) {
/*
* Multiline conditionals should be aligned with spaces
* (though this may annoy you in some editors)
*/
}
}
}
/*
* #define'd constants should be aligned on spaces and use
* uppercase names, separated with underscores.
*/
#define IMPORTANT_CONSTANT value
#define OTHER_IMPORTANT_CONSTANT other_value
/*
* Similarly, variables should be aligned on spaces
* and separated with underscores.
*/
int important_global = 1;
int other_important_global = 2;
/*
* Structs should be typedef'd to something_t
* and may be either anonymous or have internal names.
*/
typedef struct {
int x;
int y;
int z;
} new_type_t;
void foo() {
/*
* NULL checks should be of the form !conditional()
* as should checks for comparison to 0
*/
if (!bar()) {
if (!strcmp(str, "value")) {
/* str is "value" */
}
}
int a; /* Comments like this */
int b___; /* Should be aligned on spaces */
int c_____; /* And use C-style comments */
int d___; /* Values of the same type */
int e; /* Should be defined on separate lines */
}