C++ Coding Standards

codingstandards.md

Style

Style guidelines are not overly strict. The important thing is that code is clear and readable with an appropriate amount of whitespace and reasonable length lines.

The only requirements are:

• 2 spaces indent level. Tabs are not allowed, and a mixture of tabs and spaces is strictly forbidden. Modern autoindenting IDEs and editors require a consistent standard to be set.
• {``} are required for blocks

Spaces vs Tabs

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Should use string_view instead of const std::string &

The link to Google's standard is broken (my guess is because Google Code is gone). This is the new one: https://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html

Also dead is the sourceforge one, but I have no idea where that is.

I just noticed that people are commenting on this gist. This file has not been maintained in many years. All of this has been moved to the much better organized online C++ Best Practices book.

https://github.com/lefticus/cppbestpractices/blob/master/00-Table_of_Contents.md

I just noticed that people are commenting on this gist. This file has not been maintained in many years. All of this has been moved to the much better organized online C++ Best Practices book.

https://github.com/lefticus/cppbestpractices/blob/master/00-Table_of_Contents.md

Okay thanks.