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Ceph Coding style
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Coding style is most important for new code and (to a lesser extent)
revised code. It is not worth the churn to simply reformat old code.
C code
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For C code, we conform by the Linux kernel coding standards:
http://lxr.linux.no/linux/Documentation/CodingStyle
C++ code
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For C++ code, things are a bit more complex. As a baseline, we use Google's
coding guide:
http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/cppguide.xml
As an addendum to the above, we add the following guidelines, organized
by section.
* Naming > Type Names:
Google uses CamelCaps for all type names. We use two naming schemes:
- for structs (simple data containers), lower case with _t suffix:
struct my_type_t {
int a, b;
my_type_t() : a(0), b(0) {}
};
- for regular classes, CamelCaps, private: section, etc.
* Naming > Variable Names:
Google uses _ suffix for class members. We haven't up until now. Should we?
* Naming > Constant Names:
Google uses kSomeThing for constants. We prefere SOME_THING.
* Naming > Function Names:
Google uses CamelCaps. We use_function_names_with_underscores().
Accessors are the same, {get,set}_field().
* Naming > Enumerator Names:
Name them like constants, as above (SOME_THING).
* Comments > File Comments:
Don't sweat it, unless the license varies from that of the project (LGPL2) or
the code origin isn't reflected by the git history.
* Formatting > Conditionals:
- No spaces inside conditionals please, e.g.
if (foo) { // okay
if ( foo ) { // no
- Always use newline following if:
if (foo)
bar; // okay
if (foo) bar; // no, usually hardler to visually parse
The following guidelines have not been followed in the legacy code,
but are worth mentioning and should be followed strictly for new code:
* Header Files > Function Parameter Ordering:
Inputs, then outputs.
* Classes > Explicit Constructors:
You should normally mark constructors explicit to avoid getting silent
type conversions.
* Classes > Copy Constructors:
- Use defaults for basic struct-style data objects.
- Most other classes should DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN.
- In rare cases we can define a proper copy constructor and operator=.
* Other C++ Features > Reference Arguments:
Only use const references. Use pointers for output arguments.
* Other C++ Features > Avoid Default Arguments:
They obscure the interface.