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Diffstat (limited to 'HACKING')
| -rw-r--r-- | HACKING | 14 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 11 deletions
@@ -75,15 +75,7 @@ alpm_list_t *alpm_list_add(alpm_list_t *list, void *data) 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); - -7. When using strcmp() (or any function that returns 0 on success) in a +6. When using strcmp() (or any function that returns 0 on success) in a conditional statement, use != 0 or == 0 and not the negation (!) operator. It reads much cleaner for humans (using a negative to check for success is confusing) and the compiler will treat it correctly anyway. @@ -92,7 +84,7 @@ alpm_list_t *alpm_list_add(alpm_list_t *list, void *data) NOT if(!strcmp(a, b)) -8. Use spaces around almost all arithmetic, comparison and assignment +7. Use spaces around almost all arithmetic, comparison and assignment operators and after all ',;:' separators. foobar[2 * size + 1] = function(a, 6); @@ -103,7 +95,7 @@ alpm_list_t *alpm_list_add(alpm_list_t *list, void *data) NOT for(a=0;a<n&&n>0;a++,n--) {} -9. Declare all variables at the start of the block. +8. Declare all variables at the start of the block. [source,C] ------------------------------------------- int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_remove_server(alpm_db_t *db, const char *url) |