-
- 8ch indent, no tabs
+- Don't break code lines too eagerly. We do *not* force line breaks at
+ 80ch, all of today's screens should be much larger than that. But
+ then again, don't overdo it, ~140ch should be enough really.
+
- Variables and functions *must* be static, unless they have a
prototype, and are supposed to be exported.
function or a "non-logging" function. "Logging" functions do logging
on their own, "non-logging" function never log on their own and
expect their callers to log. All functions in "library" code,
- i.e. in src/shared/ and suchlike must be "non-logging". Everytime a
+ i.e. in src/shared/ and suchlike must be "non-logging". Every time a
"logging" function calls a "non-logging" function, it should log
about the resulting errors. If a "logging" function calls another
"logging" function, then it should not generate log messages, so
caching for any thread that is not the main thread. Use
is_main_thread() to detect whether the calling thread is the main
thread.
+
+- Option parsing:
+ - Do not print full help() on error, be specific about the error.
+ - Do not print messages to stdout on error.
+ - Do not POSIX_ME_HARDER unless necessary, i.e. avoid "+" in option string.