Version 0.3

• Source-Code
  • General
  • Functions
  • Conditions
  • Comments

Source-Code:

General:

• rules found here apply
• Filename-Extensions are .cpp for code and .hpp for headers
• indentation with TAB only or 4 spaces per indent. What to use is decided per project.
• Brackets { and } always have their own line e.g.:

                for (int i=0; i<5; i++)
                {
                  x += i;
                  cout << x;
                }
  

• Brackets { and } don't have to be used for single commandlines e.g.:

                for (int i=0; i<5; i++)
                    x += i;
  

• avoid #define for constants and macros (except the #ifdef trick for header files)
• no C style memory functions like malloc(), free() are allowed to be used
• usage of the STL whenever possible
• read the Book of Bjarne Stroustroup... 2 times or more ;)

Documentation:

• LateX, Docbook and Structured Text only
• Documentation-Tool Doxygen

  + leads to useful documentation of important functions and classes

  + widely used

  crazy XML, but can be transferred to Docbook

  ToDo: find or create a XSL sheet for Docbook generation

• language english?
• Date format is always DD.MMM.YYYY where MMM is the full or abbreviated monthname e.g.: 01.Jan.2002 or 18.August.2002 to avoid misinterpretation.

Environment:

• Main Library: Qt 3.x

  + crossplatform Linux, Win and Mac

• gcc 3.2 or higher

  + better c++ compliance (exceptions)

  + faster executables

• Subversion - SVN

  + far superior to CVS

  + uses DAV a standard protocol

  + uses the apache webserver as server

  in Alpha stage

Releases:

• primary target

  + Linux x86

• source release-format

  + tar.bz2 (smaller than tar.gz)

  + anonymous SVN access

• binary release-format

  + rpm, deb