Coding Style

The most important rule is that new code should be consistent with the existing code around it. The rules below illustrate the preferred style when cleaning up existing inconsistently-styled code.

These rules are a work in progress and are subject to additions and (less likely) changes.

Structs & Classes

struct FooBar
{

};

Functions

int *fooBar(const int &x, int *y, int z)
{
    *y = x + z;
    return y;
}

Loops and Conditionals

Single-statement

for (int i=start; i<end; i++)
    foo();

Multiple-statement

for (int i=start; i<end; i++) {
    foo();
    bar();
}

Const

Use const whenever possible.