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2.8 KiB
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115 lines
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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<html>
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<head>
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<title>MuPDF Coding Style</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css">
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</head>
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<body>
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<header>
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<h1>MuPDF Coding Style</h1>
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</header>
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<article>
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<h2>Names</h2>
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<p>
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Functions should be named according to one of the following schemes:
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<ul>
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<li> verb_noun
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<li> verb_noun_with_noun
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<li> noun_attribute
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<li> set_noun_attribute
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<li> noun_from_noun -- convert from one type to another (avoid noun_to_noun)
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</ul>
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<p>
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Prefixes are mandatory for exported functions, macros, enums, globals and types.
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<ul>
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<li> fz for common code
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<li> pdf, xps, etc., for interpreter specific code
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</ul>
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Prefixes are optional (but encouraged) for private functions and types.
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Avoid using 'get' as this is a meaningless and redundant filler word.
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<p>
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These words are reserved for reference counting schemes:
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<ul>
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<li> new, find, load, open, keep -- return objects that you are responsible for freeing.
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<li> drop -- relinquish ownership of the object passed in.
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</ul>
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<p>
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When searching for an object or value, the name used depends on whether
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returning the value is passing ownership:
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<ul>
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<li> lookup -- return a value or borrowed pointer
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<li> find -- return an object that the caller is responsible for freeing
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</ul>
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<h2>Types</h2>
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<p>
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Various different integer types are used throughout MuPDF.
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<p>
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In general:
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<ul>
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<li> int is assumed to be 32bit at least.
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<li> short is assumed to be exactly 16 bits.
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<li> char is assumed to be exactly 8 bits.
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<li> array sizes, string lengths, and allocations are measured using size_t.
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size_t is 32bit in 32bit builds, and 64bit on all 64bit builds.
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<li> buffers of data use unsigned chars (or uint8_t).
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<li> Offsets within files/streams are represented using int64_t.
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</ul>
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<p>
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In addition, we use floats (and avoid doubles when possible), assumed to be IEEE compliant.
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<h2>Reference counting</h2>
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<p>
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Reference counting uses special words in functions to make it easy to remember
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and follow the rules.
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<p>
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Words that take ownership: new, find, load, open, keep.
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<p>
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Words that release ownership: drop.
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<p>
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If an object is returned by a function with one of the special words that take
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ownership, you are responsible for freeing it by calling "drop" or "free", or
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"close" before you return. You may pass ownership of an owned object by return
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it only if you name the function using one of the special words.
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<p>
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Any objects returned by functions that do not have any of these special words,
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are borrowed and have a limited life time. Do not hold on to them past the
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duration of the current function, or stow them away inside structs. If you need
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to keep the object for longer than that, you have to either "keep" it or make
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your own copy.
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</article>
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<footer>
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<a href="http://www.artifex.com/"><img src="artifex-logo.png" align="right"></a>
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Copyright © 2006-2018 Artifex Software Inc.
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