This is a coding style guide for languages I code in, any language specific ones are marked.
1.1 2 spaces for indentation, no tabs.
1.2 switch statements, put the case with same indentation as the switch
switch(op)
{
case 1:
i++;
break;
case 2:
case 3:
i *= 2;
break;
default:
break;
}
1.3 Avoid multiple statements on the same line:
i++; j++;
1.4 Line length should not exceed 110 characters.
2.1 Use spaces around binary and ternary operators.
a = a + 3;
if (a == 1 || b < 2)
a += 1;
a = 1 + 2 * 3;
a = b < 1 ? b : 1;
2.2 Do not use spaces around unary operators.
a = -2;
s = *p;
for (int i = 3; i < 10; ++i)
2.3 Do not use spaces between a function and its parameters, or a template and its paramters.
sqrt(2.0)
std::vector<object*>
2.4 Bind '' or '&' to the variable, not the type ... int a; int& b; ...
3.1 Always use curly braces for if statement, even if it is a one line if.
3.2 When a brace-delimited block is part of a statement (e.g., if, for, switch, WITH_LOCK, etc.), separate the open brace from the statement with a single space - not with a newline.
if (a == 3) {
....
}
3.2 In inline method, you can use the open braces at the same line of the method.
int get_age() {
return age;
}
3.3 In longer method, the opening brace should be at the beginning of the line.
void clear()
{
.....
}
4.1 Use all lower snake_case names
5.1 Use the // C++ comment style for normal comment
5.2 When documenting a namespace, class, method or function using Doxygen, use /** */ comments.
6.1 Avoid Macros when a method would do. Prefer enum and constant to macro.
6.2 Prefer "enum class" to "enum".
6.3 Macro names and enum label should be capitalized. For "enum class", non-capitalized values are fine.
7.1 When declaring or defining a function taking no arguments in C++ code, avoid the unnecessary "void" as an argument list.
This "void" was only necessary in C to maintain backward-compatibility with pre-1989 prototype-less declarations, but was never needed in C++ code. For example, write:
void abort() {and not:
void abort(void) {7.2 Put no space between function name and the argument list. For example:
double sqrt(double d) {7.3 Avoid parantheses around return value
"return" is not a function - it doesn't need parantheses. For example:
return 0;
return a + b;