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diff --git a/docs/style-guide.txt b/docs/style-guide.txt index d1257b755..72d3b9375 100644 --- a/docs/style-guide.txt +++ b/docs/style-guide.txt @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ files by typing 'indent myfile.c myfile.h' and it will magically apply all the right formatting rules to your file. Please _do_not_ run this on all the files in the directory, just your own. + Declaration Order ----------------- @@ -28,15 +29,22 @@ Here is the order in which code should be laid out in a file: - function declarations (if necessary) - function implementations + Whitespace ---------- -Tabs vs Spaces in Line Indentation: The preference in Busybox is to indent -lines with tabs. Do not indent lines with spaces and do not indents lines -using a mixture of tabs and spaces. (The indentation style in the Apache and -Postfix source does this sort of thing: \s\s\s\sif (expr) {\n\tstmt; --ick.) -The only exception to this rule is multi-line comments that use an asterisk at -the beginning of each line, i.e.: +This is everybody's favorite flame topic so let's get it out of the way right +up front. + + +Tabs vs Spaces in Line Indentation +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The preference in Busybox is to indent lines with tabs. Do not indent lines +with spaces and do not indents lines using a mixture of tabs and spaces. (The +indentation style in the Apache and Postfix source does this sort of thing: +\s\s\s\sif (expr) {\n\tstmt; --ick.) The only exception to this rule is +multi-line comments that use an asterisk at the beginning of each line, i.e.: /t/* /t * This is a block comment. @@ -52,7 +60,10 @@ lines is that you can set your editor to display tabs at *watever* number of spaces is desired and the code will still look fine. -Operator Spacing: Put spaces between terms and operators. Example: +Operator Spacing +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Put spaces between terms and operators. Example: Don't do this: @@ -74,7 +85,10 @@ Operator Spacing: Put spaces between terms and operators. Example: if ((argc-1) - (optind+1) > 0) -Bracket Spacing: If an opening bracket starts a function, it should be on the +Bracket Spacing +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +If an opening bracket starts a function, it should be on the next line with no spacing before it. However, if a bracet follows an opening control block, it should be on the same line with a single space (not a tab) between it and the opening control block statment. Examples: @@ -89,28 +103,11 @@ between it and the opening control block statment. Examples: while (!done) { do { -Also, please "cuddle" your else statments by putting the else keyword on the -same line after the right bracket that closes an 'if' statment. - - Don't do this: - - if (foo) { - stmt; - } - else { - stmt; - } - - Do this instead: - - if (foo) { - stmt; - } else { - stmt; - } +Paren Spacing +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Paren Spacing: Put a space between C keywords and left parens, but not between +Put a space between C keywords and left parens, but not between function names and the left paren that starts it's parameter list (whether it is being declared or called). Examples: @@ -130,6 +127,31 @@ is being declared or called). Examples: ... baz = my_func(1, 2); + +Cuddled Elses +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Also, please "cuddle" your else statments by putting the else keyword on the +same line after the right bracket that closes an 'if' statment. + + Don't do this: + + if (foo) { + stmt; + } + else { + stmt; + } + + Do this instead: + + if (foo) { + stmt; + } else { + stmt; + } + + Variable and Function Names --------------------------- @@ -155,6 +177,12 @@ Tip and Pointers The following are simple coding guidelines that should be followed: + - When in doubt about the propper behavior of a busybox program (output, + formatting, options, etc.), model it after the equivalent GNU program. + Doesn't matter how that program behaves on some other flavor of *NIX; + doesn't matter what the POSIX standard says or doesn't say, just model + busybox programs after their GNU counterparts and nobody has to get hurt. + - Don't use a '#define var 80' when you can use 'static const int var 80' instead. This makes the compiler do typechecking for you (rather than relying on the more error-prone preprocessor) and it makes debugging |