Difference between revisions of "Cpp Coding Standards/HEADERS"

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=== Header Files (HEADERS) - Summary ===
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== Header Files (HEADERS) ==
 
''What to do or do not with header files.''
 
''What to do or do not with header files.''
  
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===== Internal Include Guards <span id="IncGuards">(IncGuards)</span> =====
 
===== Internal Include Guards <span id="IncGuards">(IncGuards)</span> =====
 
Use internal include guards, but don't use the external ones. [[/IncGuards|-> Details]]
 
Use internal include guards, but don't use the external ones. [[/IncGuards|-> Details]]
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===== No Entities with Linkage (NoLinkage) =====
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Don't define entities with linkage in header files.<br>
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Exception: Constants.
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[[/NoLinkage|-> Details]]
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===== No using namespace (NoUsingNsp) =====
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Don't write "using <namespacename>" in heaer files. [[/NoUsingNsp|-> Details]]
  
 
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[[Category:Coding Standards]]
 
[[Category:Coding Standards]]

Latest revision as of 09:22, 23 May 2007

Header Files (HEADERS)

What to do or do not with header files.

Self Sufficient and Minimal (Self)

Header files should be self sufficient and minimal. -> Details

Include Directly (IncDirect)

Include the header files for all types you need directly, not via another file. -> Details

Precompiled headers (IncPCH)

The first statement in each cxx file has to be the inclusion of the precompiled header of the module. -> Details

Internal Include Guards (IncGuards)

Use internal include guards, but don't use the external ones. -> Details

No Entities with Linkage (NoLinkage)

Don't define entities with linkage in header files.
Exception: Constants. -> Details

No using namespace (NoUsingNsp)

Don't write "using <namespacename>" in heaer files. -> Details


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