Team Mighty Morphin Coding Rangers - OOP344

Coding Style

The Coding Rangers had their first somewhat informal meeting on Jan. 21 to determine a uniform coding style. They came up with the following:

• Comment as much as you can using /* ... */.
• At the top of every file, include your name, the filename, and the purpose of the file.
• Comment on what a function is supposed to do before the function definition.
• Change to newline once you reach column 80. Nothing to be typed beyond column 80!
• When naming variables,
  • use single letters (like i, j, a, or v) for counters only;
  • assign the variable a name that best describes what it is used for (but please don't make it too long);
  • and separate words with caps.
    Eg. noOfOrders, not nooforders
• When naming a function, name it according to what it is supposed to do.
  Eg. void updateDelivery, int setInitialValue, not void Deliveries, int InitialValues
• Class names must begin with a capital letter
• Tab/space four (4) spaces for every block of code. For example:

 main () { 


     int x, y; 


     for (x = 0, y = 10; x < 10 && y > 0; x++, y++) { 
    
         printf("x is %d, y is %d\n", x, y); 

         printf("The sum of x and y is %d\n", x + y); 

         if (x == 5)  

             printf("We've reached the halfway point!\n");
     } 


     printf("Hello, world!"); 

 } 

• Only main () will start at column 1. Tab every block of code four spaces over.
• Include an empty line after the declaration of variables (see above example).
• When using operators, make sure to have a space between the operands and the operator for readability.
  Eg. i = 0;, not i=0;
• For keywords such as while, for, if, else, put a space after the keyword and the expression following it.
  Eg. if (x == 0) is correct; if(x == 0) is incorrect
• When using brackets, put the opening bracket on the same line as the function or expression that opens it.
  Eg. CORRECT:
  int setSafeEmptyState {
...
}
  INCORRECT:
  int setSafeEmptyState
{
...
}