doc/coding_style.dox
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Documentation of MainWin.
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/*!
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\page coding_style LEMON Coding Style 
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\section naming_conv Naming Conventions
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In order to make development easier we have made some conventions
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according to coding style. These include names of types, classes,
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functions, variables, constants and exceptions. If these conventions
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are met in one's code then it is easier to read and maintain
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it. Please comply with these conventions if you want to contribute
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developing LEMON library.
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\warning In some cases we diverge from these rules.
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This primary done because STL uses different naming convention and
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in certain cases
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it is beneficial to provide STL compatible interface.
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\subsection cs-files File Names
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The header file names should look like the following.
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\code
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header_file.h
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\endcode
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Note that all standard LEMON headers are located in the \c lemon subdirectory,
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so you should include them from C++ source like this:
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\code
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#include <lemon/header_file.h>
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\endcode
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The source code files use the same style and they have '.cc' extension.
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\code
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source_code.cc
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\endcode
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\subsection cs-class Classes and other types
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The name of a class or any type should look like the following.
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\code
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AllWordsCapitalizedWithoutUnderscores 
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\endcode
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\subsection cs-func Methods and other functions
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The name of a function should look like the following.
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\code
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firstWordLowerCaseRestCapitalizedWithoutUnderscores 
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\endcode
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\subsection cs-funcs Constants, Macros
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The names of constants and macros should look like the following.
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\code
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ALL_UPPER_CASE_WITH_UNDERSCORES 
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\endcode
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\subsection cs-loc-var Class and instance member variables, auto variables 
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The names of class and instance member variables and auto variables (=variables used locally in methods) should look like the following.
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\code
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all_lower_case_with_underscores 
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\endcode
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\subsection cs-excep Exceptions
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When writing exceptions please comply the following naming conventions.
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\code
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ClassNameEndsWithException
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\endcode
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or
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\code
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ClassNameEndsWithError
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\endcode
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\section header-template Template Header File
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Each LEMON header file should look like this:
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\include template.h
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*/