freebsd-dev/contrib/ipfilter/STYLE.TXT
Cy Schubert f27f47054d As per the developers handbook (5.3.1 step 1), prepare the vendor trees for
import of new ipfilter vendor sources by flattening them.

To keep the tags consistent with dist, the tags are also flattened.

Approved by:	glebius (Mentor)
2013-07-19 05:41:57 +00:00

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Over time, I am moving all of the IPFilter code to what I consider a better
coding style than it had before. If you submit patches, I expect them to
conform as appropriate.
Function Comments
=================
Preceeding each and every function, a comment block like this should
be present:
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
/* Function: function-name */
/* Returns: return-type */
/* Parameters: param1(I) - param1 is an input parameter */
/* p2(O) - p2 is an output parameter passed as an arg */
/* par3(IO) - par3 is a parameter which is both input and */
/* output. Pointers to things which are used and */
/* then get a result stored in them qualify here. */
/* */
/* Description about what the function does. This comment should explain */
/* any gotchas or algorithms that are used which aren't obvious to the */
/* casual reader. It should not be an excuse to not use comments inside */
/* the function. */
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
Tab spacing
===========
Tabs are to be at 8 characters.
Conditions
==========
All expressions which evaluate to a boolean for a test condition, such as
in an if()/while() statement must involve a boolean operation. Since C
has no native boolean type, this means that one of <,>,<=,>=,==,!= must
be present. Implied boolean evaluations are out.
In code, the following is banned:
if (x)
if (!x)
while ((a = b))
and should be replaced by:
if (x != 0)
if (x == 0)
while ((a = b) != 0)
If pointers are involved, always compare with NULL, ie.:
if (x != NULL)
if (x == NULL)
while ((a = b) != NULL)