This documents the preferred conventions for naming files, structs, enums, typedefs and functions. Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Changed in v3: - Clarify function naming wrt verb & subject - Simplify macro naming, since in practice libvirt code doesn't follow any rules consistently aside from having a VIR_ prefix. HACKING | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/hacking.html.in | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/hacking2.xsl | 4 +++ 3 files changed, 177 insertions(+) diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index fff003b..2c65985 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -239,6 +239,86 @@ on the subject, on Richard Jones' guide to working with open source projects <http://people.redhat.com/rjones/how-to-supply-code-to-open-source-projects/>. +Naming conventions +================== +When reading libvirt code, a number of different naming conventions will be +evident due to various changes in thinking over the course of the project's +lifetime. The conventions documented below should be followed when creating +any entirely new files in libvirt. When working on existing files, while it is +desirable to apply these conventions, keeping a consistent style with existing +code in that particular file is generally more important. The overall guiding +principal is that every file, enum, struct, function, macro and typedef name +must have a 'vir' or 'VIR' prefix. All local scope variable names are exempt, +and global variables are exempt, unless exported in a header file. + +*File names* + +File naming varies depending on the subdirectory. The preferred style is to +have a 'vir' prefix, followed by a name which matches the name of the +functions / objects inside the file. For example, a file containing an object +'virHashtable' is stored in files 'virhashtable.c' and 'virhashtable.h'. +Sometimes, methods which would otherwise be declared 'static' need to be +exported for use by a test suite. For this purpose a second header file should +be added with a suffix of 'priv'. e.g. 'virhashtablepriv.h'. Use of +underscores in file names is discouraged when using the 'vir' prefix style. +The 'vir' prefix naming applies to src/util, src/rpc and tests/ directories. +Most other directories do not follow this convention. + + + +*Enum type & field names* + +All enums should have a 'vir' prefix in their typedef name, and each following +word should have its first letter in uppercase. The enum name should match the +typedef name with a leading underscore. The enum member names should be in all +uppercase, and use an underscore to separate each word. The enum member name +prefix should match the enum typedef name. + + typedef enum _virSocketType virSocketType; + enum _virSocketType { + VIR_SOCKET_TYPE_IPV4, + VIR_SOCKET_TYPE_IPV6, + }; + + +*Struct type names* + +All structs should have a 'vir' prefix in their typedef name, and each +following word should have its first letter in uppercase. The struct name +should be the same as the typedef name with a leading underscore. A second +typedef should be given for a pointer to the struct with a 'Ptr' suffix. + + typedef struct _virHashTable virHashTable; + typedef virHashTable *virHashTablePtr; + struct _virHashTable { + ... + }; + + +*Function names* + +All functions should have a 'vir' prefix in their name, followed by one or +more words with first letter of each word capitalized. Underscores should not +be used in function names. If the function is operating on an object, then the +function name prefix should match the object typedef name, otherwise it should +match the filename. Following this comes the verb / action name, and finally +an optional subject name. For example, given an object 'virHashTable', all +functions should have a name 'virHashTable$VERB' or +'virHashTable$VERB$SUBJECT". e.g. 'virHashTableLookup' or +'virHashTableGetValue'. + + + +*Macro names* + +All macros should have a "VIR" prefix in their name, followed by one or more +uppercase words separated by underscores. The macro argument names should be +in lowercase. Aside from having a "VIR" prefix there are no common practices +for the rest of the macro name. + + + + Code indentation ================ Libvirt's C source code generally adheres to some basic code-formatting diff --git a/docs/hacking.html.in b/docs/hacking.html.in index b1bb149..d904c3a 100644 --- a/docs/hacking.html.in +++ b/docs/hacking.html.in @@ -314,6 +314,99 @@ Richard Jones' guide to working with open source projects</a>. </p> + <h2><a name="naming">Naming conventions</a></h2> + + <p> + When reading libvirt code, a number of different naming conventions will + be evident due to various changes in thinking over the course of the + project's lifetime. The conventions documented below should be followed + when creating any entirely new files in libvirt. When working on existing + files, while it is desirable to apply these conventions, keeping a + consistent style with existing code in that particular file is generally + more important. The overall guiding principal is that every file, enum, + struct, function, macro and typedef name must have a 'vir' or 'VIR' prefix. + All local scope variable names are exempt, and global variables are exempt, + unless exported in a header file. + </p> + + <dl> + <dt>File names</dt> + <dd> + <p> + File naming varies depending on the subdirectory. The preferred + style is to have a 'vir' prefix, followed by a name which matches + the name of the functions / objects inside the file. For example, + a file containing an object 'virHashtable' is stored in files + 'virhashtable.c' and 'virhashtable.h'. Sometimes, methods which + would otherwise be declared 'static' need to be exported for use + by a test suite. For this purpose a second header file should be + added with a suffix of 'priv'. e.g. 'virhashtablepriv.h'. Use of + underscores in file names is discouraged when using the 'vir' + prefix style. The 'vir' prefix naming applies to src/util, + src/rpc and tests/ directories. Most other directories do not + follow this convention. + </p> + </dd> + <dt>Enum type & field names</dt> + <dd> + <p> + All enums should have a 'vir' prefix in their typedef name, + and each following word should have its first letter in + uppercase. The enum name should match the typedef name with + a leading underscore. The enum member names should be in all + uppercase, and use an underscore to separate each word. The + enum member name prefix should match the enum typedef name. + </p> + <pre> + typedef enum _virSocketType virSocketType; + enum _virSocketType { + VIR_SOCKET_TYPE_IPV4, + VIR_SOCKET_TYPE_IPV6, + };</pre> + </dd> + <dt>Struct type names</dt> + <dd> + <p> + All structs should have a 'vir' prefix in their typedef name, + and each following word should have its first letter in + uppercase. The struct name should be the same as the typedef + name with a leading underscore. A second typedef should be + given for a pointer to the struct with a 'Ptr' suffix. + </p> + <pre> + typedef struct _virHashTable virHashTable; + typedef virHashTable *virHashTablePtr; + struct _virHashTable { + ... + };</pre> + </dd> + <dt>Function names</dt> + <dd> + <p> + All functions should have a 'vir' prefix in their name, + followed by one or more words with first letter of each + word capitalized. Underscores should not be used in function + names. If the function is operating on an object, then the + function name prefix should match the object typedef name, + otherwise it should match the filename. Following this + comes the verb / action name, and finally an optional + subject name. For example, given an object 'virHashTable', + all functions should have a name 'virHashTable$VERB' or + 'virHashTable$VERB$SUBJECT". e.g. 'virHashTableLookup' + or 'virHashTableGetValue'. + </p> + </dd> + <dt>Macro names</dt> + <dd> + <p> + All macros should have a "VIR" prefix in their name, followed + by one or more uppercase words separated by underscores. The + macro argument names should be in lowercase. Aside from having + a "VIR" prefix there are no common practices for the rest of + the macro name. + </p> + </dd> + </dl> <h2><a name="indent">Code indentation</a></h2> <p> diff --git a/docs/hacking2.xsl b/docs/hacking2.xsl index 3595b7e..7e5ac82 100644 --- a/docs/hacking2.xsl +++ b/docs/hacking2.xsl @@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ from docs/hacking.html.in! <xsl:template match="html:li/html:ul/html:li">-- <xsl:apply-templates/><xsl:value-of select="$newline"/><xsl:value-of select="$newline"/> </xsl:template> +<xsl:template match="html:dl/html:dt">*<xsl:apply-templates/>*<xsl:value-of select="$newline"/><xsl:value-of select="$newline"/> +</xsl:template> +<xsl:template match="html:dl/html:dd"><xsl:apply-templates/><xsl:value-of select="$newline"/><xsl:value-of select="$newline"/> +</xsl:template> <!-- add newline before nested <ul> --> -- 2.9.3 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
