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+Contributing to pacman
+======================
+
+Coding style
+------------
+
+1. All code should be indented with tabs. (Ignore the use of only spaces in
+ this file) By default, source files contain the following VIM modeline:
+ /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
+
+2. When opening new blocks such as 'while', 'if', or 'for', leave the opening
+ brace on the same line as the beginning of the codeblock. The closing brace
+ gets its own line (the only exception being 'else'). Do not use extra
+ spaces around the parentheses of the block. ALWAYS use opening/closing
+ braces, even if it's just a one-line block.
+
+ for(lp = list; lp; lp = lp->next) {
+ newlist = _alpm_list_add(newlist, strdup(lp->data));
+ }
+
+ while(it) {
+ ptr = it->next;
+ if(fn) {
+ fn(it->data);
+ } else {
+ return(1);
+ }
+ free(it);
+ it = ptr;
+ }
+
+3. When declaring a new function, put the opening and closing braces on their
+ own line. Also, when declaring a pointer, do not put a space between the
+ asterisk and the variable name.
+
+ pmlist_t *_alpm_list_add(pmlist_t *list, void *data)
+ {
+ pmlist_t *ptr, *lp;
+
+ ptr = list;
+ if(ptr == NULL) {
+ ...
+ }
+
+4. Comments should be ANSI-C89 compliant. That means no "// Comment" style;
+ use only "/* Comment */" style.
+
+5. Return statements should be written like a function call.
+
+ return(0);
+ NOT
+ return 0;
+
+6. The sizeof() operator should accept a type, not a value. (TODO: in certain
+ cases, it may be better- should this be a set guideline? Read "The Practice
+ of Programming")
+
+ sizeof(alpm_list_t);
+ NOT
+ sizeof(*mylist);
+
+vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et: