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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coding-style.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coding-style.txt b/doc/coding-style.txt index e9c3a3138..093e14d31 100644 --- a/doc/coding-style.txt +++ b/doc/coding-style.txt @@ -43,13 +43,17 @@ Naming conventions: + must start with TALER_[SUBSYSTEMNAME]_ where SUBSYSTEMNAME MUST match the subdirectory of src/ in which the symbol is defined + from libtalerutil start just with TALER_, without subsystemname + + if scope is ONE binary and symbols are not in a shared library, + use binary-specific prefix (such as TMH = taler-mint-httpd) for + globals, possibly followed by the subsystem (TMH_DB_xxx). * structs: + structs that are 'packed' and do not contain pointers and are thus suitable for hashing or similar operations are distinguished by adding a "P" at the end of the name. (NEW) Note that this convention does not hold for the GNUnet-structs (yet). - + + structs that are used with a purpose for signatures, additionally + get an "S" at the end of the name. * private (library-internal) symbols (including structs and macros) + must not start with TALER_ or any other prefix |