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Various coding styles have been used during the history of the codebase,
and the result is not very consistent. However, we're now trying to converge to
a single style, so please use it in new code. Old code will be converted
-gradually.
+gradually and you are encouraged to use the provided
+[clang-format-diff script](/contrib/devtools/README.md#clang-format-diffpy)
+to clean up the patch automatically before submitting a pull request.
+
- Basic rules specified in [src/.clang-format](/src/.clang-format).
- Use a recent clang-format to format automatically using one of the [dev scripts]
- (/contrib/devtools/README.md#clang-formatpy).
- Braces on new lines for namespaces, classes, functions, methods.
- Braces on the same line for everything else.
- 4 space indentation (no tabs) for every block except namespaces.