Code style

C++

Which features/libraries to prefer/Semantics

New code should prefer modern C++ using C++03. Here, modern C++ is defined in opposition to "C with classes" style. (Note, there is quite a bit of existing code which would probably qualify as "C with classes".) In practice, for our purposes, This means:

Do

• Use const and references where possible
• Prefer C++ casts over C casts
• Prefer the C++ stdlib over the C standard library
• Prefer usage of smart pointers over manual memory management when stack/global allocation don't do the trick.
• Prefer containers over home made data structures.

Don't

• Use void*
• Use sprintf
• If the pointer lifetime is the same as the object it refers to. Don't use a raw pointer.

Formatting/Syntax

This is less important. Currently through the code base there are:

• Sergio's style
• m5w's style
• felipe's style

Most code is Segio's style.

Wiki TODO: Document this below.

Possible project TODO: Run clang-format

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