Cpp Coding Standards/FDESIGN

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Topic-Id: FDESIGN

Design of functions and function prototypes. Items referring to code in function bodies, reside in topic FIMPL - Function Implementation.


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One Task (OneTask)

Give one function only one cohesive task.

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Canonical Operators (CanOp)

Use canonical signatures for all operator overloads. Provide canonical behavior for arithmetic operators.

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Unambiguous Parameters (Params)

Mark parameter intention unambiguously. Out- and inout- parameters need to be distinguished unmistakably.

Use smart pointers as parameter type for objects on the heap, when the responsibility for deleting is unclear or transfered between caller and callee.

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