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Spacing
Allman Style
.
Use 4-space indentation instead of tabs.
Naming Conventions
Functions and variables:
Lower Camel Case
.
Class data members prefixed with
m_
.
Recursive function ends with
_r
.
Global scope variables start with
g_
.
Constants and enum values are all uppercase with underscore separation (
SAMPLE_CONSTANT
).
Documentation
Use comments to make clarifications, mark
TODO
s, and make
NOTE
s.
Coding
Use
shared_ptr
or
unique_ptr
over naked pointers.
Use
C++ style casts
over C-style casts.
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