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HACKING
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Coding style
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This project is programmed using the Linux kernel coding style, see
http://lxr.linux.no/linux/Documentation/CodingStyle for details.
Please use the same style for any code contributions, thanks!
Contributions
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- Patches should be sent to the development mailinglist at
sigrok-devel@lists.sourceforge.net (please subscribe to the list first).
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sigrok-devel
- Alternatively, you can also clone the git repository and let us know
from where to pull/review your changes. You can use gitorious.org,
github.com, or any other public git hosting site.
Random notes
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- Consistently use g_try_malloc() / g_try_malloc0(). Do not use standard
malloc()/calloc() if it can be avoided (sometimes other libs such
as libftdi can return malloc()'d memory, for example).
- Always properly match allocations with the proper *free() functions. If
glib's g_try_malloc()/g_try_malloc0() was used, use g_free() to free the
memory. Otherwise use standard free(). Never use the wrong function!
- Never use g_malloc() or g_malloc0(). These functions do not return NULL
if not enough memory is available but rather lead to an exit() or segfault
instead. This behaviour is not acceptable for libraries.
Use g_try_malloc()/g_try_malloc0() instead and check the return value.
- You should never print any messages (neither to stdout nor stderr nor
elsewhere) "manually" via e.g. printf() or g_log() or similar functions.
Only sr_err()/sr_warn()/sr_info()/sr_dbg()/sr_spew() should be used.
- Use glib's gboolean / TRUE / FALSE for boolean types consistently.
Do not use <stdbool.h> and its true / false, and do not invent private
definitions for this either.
- Consistently use the same naming convention for #include guards in headers:
<PROJECTNAME>_<PATH_TO_FILE>_<FILE>
This ensures that all #include guards are always unique and consistent.
Examples: LIBSIGROK_LIBSIGROK_H, LIBSIGROK_HARDWARE_ASIX_SIGMA_ASIX_SIGMA_H
- Consistently use the same naming convention for API functions:
<libprefix>_<groupname>_<action>().
Examples:
sr_log_loglevel_set(), sr_log_loglevel_get(), sr_log_handler_set(),
sr_log_handler_set_default(), and so on.
Or:
sr_session_new(), sr_session_destroy(), sr_session_load(), and so on.
Getter/setter function names should usually end with "_get" or "_set".
Functions creating new "objects" should end with "_new".
Functions destroying "objects" should end with "_destroy".
Functions adding or removing items (e.g. from lists) should end with
either "_add" or "_remove".
Functions operating on all items from a list (not on only one of them),
should end with "_all", e.g. "_remove_all", "_get_all", and so on.
Use "_remove_all" in favor of "_clear" for consistency.
- In Doxygen comments, put an empty line between the block of @param lines
and the final @return line. The @param lines themselves (if there is more
than one) are not separated by empty lines.
Release engineering
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See
http://sigrok.org/wiki/Developers/Release_process
for a list of items that need to be done when releasing a new tarball.