index 3b042db624980dc962bbd67af1f3defa82ea64b1..d2a0a76e6cfb275080f3b66309591888f5302850 100644 (file)
- We do not write the noiseword "function" in front of shell
functions.
+ - As to use of grep, stick to a subset of BRE (namely, no \{m,n\},
+ [::], [==], nor [..]) for portability.
+
+ - We do not use \{m,n\};
+
+ - We do not use -E;
+
+ - We do not use ? nor + (which are \{0,1\} and \{1,\}
+ respectively in BRE) but that goes without saying as these
+ are ERE elements not BRE (note that \? and \+ are not even part
+ of BRE -- making them accessible from BRE is a GNU extension).
+
For C programs:
- We use tabs to indent, and interpret tabs as taking up to
of "else if" statements, it can make sense to add braces to
single line blocks.
+ - We try to avoid assignments inside if().
+
- Try to make your code understandable. You may put comments
in, but comments invariably tend to stale out when the code
they were describing changes. Often splitting a function