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     1 /*!
     2 
     3 \page coding_style LEMON Coding Style 
     4 
     5 \section naming_conv Naming Conventions
     6 
     7 In order to make development easier we have made some conventions
     8 according to coding style. These include names of types, classes,
     9 functions, variables, constants and exceptions. If these conventions
    10 are met in one's code then it is easier to read and maintain
    11 it. Please comply with these conventions if you want to contribute
    12 developing LEMON library.
    13 
    14 \note When the coding style requires the capitalization of an abbreviation,
    15 only the first letter should be upper case.
    16 
    17 \code
    18 XmlReader
    19 \endcode
    20 
    21 
    22 \warning In some cases we diverge from these rules.
    23 This primary done because STL uses different naming convention and
    24 in certain cases
    25 it is beneficial to provide STL compatible interface.
    26 
    27 \subsection cs-files File Names
    28 
    29 The header file names should look like the following.
    30 
    31 \code
    32 header_file.h
    33 \endcode
    34 
    35 Note that all standard LEMON headers are located in the \c lemon subdirectory,
    36 so you should include them from C++ source like this:
    37 
    38 \code
    39 #include <lemon/header_file.h>
    40 \endcode
    41 
    42 The source code files use the same style and they have '.cc' extension.
    43 
    44 \code
    45 source_code.cc
    46 \endcode
    47 
    48 \subsection cs-class Classes and other types
    49 
    50 The name of a class or any type should look like the following.
    51 
    52 \code
    53 AllWordsCapitalizedWithoutUnderscores 
    54 \endcode
    55 
    56 \subsection cs-func Methods and other functions
    57 
    58 The name of a function should look like the following.
    59 
    60 \code
    61 firstWordLowerCaseRestCapitalizedWithoutUnderscores 
    62 \endcode
    63 
    64 \subsection cs-funcs Constants, Macros
    65 
    66 The names of constants and macros should look like the following.
    67 
    68 \code
    69 ALL_UPPER_CASE_WITH_UNDERSCORES 
    70 \endcode
    71 
    72 \subsection cs-loc-var Class and instance member variables, auto variables 
    73 
    74 The names of class and instance member variables and auto variables (=variables used locally in methods) should look like the following.
    75 
    76 \code
    77 all_lower_case_with_underscores 
    78 \endcode
    79 
    80 \subsection cs-excep Exceptions
    81 
    82 When writing exceptions please comply the following naming conventions.
    83 
    84 \code
    85 ClassNameEndsWithException
    86 \endcode
    87 
    88 or
    89 
    90 \code
    91 ClassNameEndsWithError
    92 \endcode
    93 
    94 \section header-template Template Header File
    95 
    96 Each LEMON header file should look like this:
    97 
    98 \include template.h
    99 
   100 */