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# Coding style

## General guidelines

A pretty safe rule of thumb is: look at what has already been done and try to do the same.

- Tabulations should be avoided and replaced with eight spaces.
- Indentation is generally 4 spaces.
- Lines should wrap at most at 79 characters.
- Do not leave whitespace at the end of lines.
- Do not use multiple spaces for anything else than indentation.
- Code qui fait des warnings == code de porc == deux baffes dans ta gueule

## C coding style

Try to use short names whenever possible (`i` for indices, `w` for width, `cv` for canvas...). Macros are always uppercase, variable and function names are always lowercase. Use the underscore to separate words within names:

    #define BROKEN 0
    #define MAX(x, y) ((x > y) ? (x) : (y))

    unsigned int x, y, w, h;
    char *font_name;
    void frobulate_every_three_seconds(void);

`const` is a suffix. It's `char` `const` `*foo`, not `const` `char` `*foo`.

Use spaces after commas and between operators. Do not use spaces after an opening parenthesis or before a closing one:

    a += 2;
    b = (a * (c + d));
    x = min(x1, x2, x3);

Do not put a space between functions and the corresponding opening parenthesis:

    int function(int);

    if(a == b)
        return;

Do not put parentheses around return values:

    return a + (b & x) + d[10];

Opening braces should be on a line of their own, aligned with the current block. Braces are optional for one-liners:

    int function(int a)
    {
        if(a & 0x84)
            return a;

        if(a < 0)
        {
            return -a;
        }
        else
        {
            a /= 2;

            switch(a)
            {
                case 0:
                case 1:
                    return -1;
                    break;
                default:
                    return a;
            }
        }
    }

## C++ coding style

Nothing here yet.