--- qemu/CODING_STYLE 2018/04/24 18:34:40 1.1.1.3 +++ qemu/CODING_STYLE 2018/04/24 19:35:25 1.1.1.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Qemu Coding Style +QEMU Coding Style ================= Please use the script checkpatch.pl in the scripts directory to check @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ Rationale: 3. Naming Variables are lower_case_with_underscores; easy to type and read. Structured -type names are in CamelCase; harder to type but standing out. Scalar type +type names are in CamelCase; harder to type but standing out. Enum type +names and function type names should also be in CamelCase. Scalar type names are lower_case_with_underscores_ending_with_a_t, like the POSIX uint64_t and family. Note that this last convention contradicts POSIX and is therefore likely to be changed. @@ -68,6 +69,10 @@ keyword. Example: printf("a was something else entirely.\n"); } +Note that 'else if' is considered a single statement; otherwise a long if/ +else if/else if/.../else sequence would need an indent for every else +statement. + An exception is the opening brace for a function; for reasons of tradition and clarity it comes on a line by itself: