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camelCase tends to be preferred for function identifiers, while internal_underscores are preferred for variable identifiers. This convention makes it a little bit easier to eyeball whether variable/function usage is correct. The optional commas for final table values are preferred to reduce chances for error.
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.\" Copyright (c) 2018 Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" are met:
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL [your name] OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd February 25, 2018
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.Dt STYLE.LUA 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm style.lua
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.Nd
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.Fx
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lua file style guide
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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This file specifies the preferred style for lua source files in the
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.Fx
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source tree.
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Many of the style rules are implicit in the examples.
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Be careful to check the examples before assuming that
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.Nm
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is silent on an issue.
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.Pp
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The copyright header should be a series of single-line comments.
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Use the single-line comment style for every line in a multi-line comment.
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.Pp
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After any copyright header, there is a blank line, and the
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.Li $\&FreeBSD$
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comment for non-C/C++ source files.
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.Pp
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The preferred method of including other files and modules is with
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.Fn require name ,
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such as:
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.Bd -literal
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-- $FreeBSD$
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config = require("config");
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menu = require("menu");
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password = require("password");
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-- One blank line following the module require block
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.Ed
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.Pp
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.Fn include
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is generally avoided.
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.Pp
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Indentation and wrapping should match the guidelines provided by
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.Xr style 9 .
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Do note that it is ok to wrap much earlier than 80 columns if readability would
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otherwise suffer.
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.Pp
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Where possible,
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.Fn s:method ...
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is preferred to
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.Fn method s ... .
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This is applicable to objects with methods.
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String are a commonly-used example of objects with methods.
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.Pp
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Testing for
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.Va nil
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should be done explicitly, rather than as a boolean expression.
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Single-line conditional statements and loops should be avoided.
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.Pp
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.Ic local
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variables should be preferred to global variables in module scope.
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internal_underscores tend to be preferred for variable identifiers, while
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camelCase tends to be preferred for function identifiers.
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.Pp
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If a table definition spans multiple lines, then the final value in the table
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should include the optional terminating comma.
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For example:
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.Bd -literal
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-- No terminating comma needed for trivial table definitions
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local trivial_table = {1, 2, 3, 4}
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local complex_table = {
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{
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id = "foo",
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func = foo_function, -- Trailing comma preferred
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},
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{
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id = "bar",
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func = bar_function,
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}, -- Trailing comma preferred
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}
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.Ed
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.Pp
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This reduces the chance for errors to be introduced when modifying more complex
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tables.
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.Pp
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Multiple local variables should not be declared
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.Sy and
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initialized on a single line.
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Lines containing multiple variable declarations without initialization are ok.
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Lines containing multiple variable declarations initialized to a single function
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call returning a tuple with the same number of values is also ok.
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.Pp
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Initialization
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.Sy should
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be done at declaration time as appropriate.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr style 9
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.Sh HISTORY
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This manual page is inspired from the same source as
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.Xr style 9
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manual page in
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.Fx .
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