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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2015-09-06 01:30:08 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2015-09-06 01:30:08 +0200
commit87766aa462f79cd70cc148fe293084dab68c7628 (patch)
tree275fb0ee4ae6e4c4c77b9d6572c906a8c62658a6
parent718909ec33d15ddfb0eb2f1a504761a183fdf0db (diff)
parent54c1f2d761b506132a709a7e8573c7b54d048cf0 (diff)
Merge pull request #1161 from dvdhrm/include-order2
CODING_STYLE: mandate alphabetical include order (v2)
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/CODING_STYLE b/CODING_STYLE
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--- a/CODING_STYLE
+++ b/CODING_STYLE
@@ -295,25 +295,15 @@
EXIT_FAILURE and EXIT_SUCCESS as defined by libc.
- The order in which header files are included doesn't matter too
- much. However, please try to include the headers of external
- libraries first (these are all headers enclosed in <>), followed by
- the headers of our own public headers (these are all headers
- starting with "sd-"), internal utility libraries from src/shared/,
- followed by the headers of the specific component. Or in other
- words:
-
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include "sd-daemon.h"
- #include "util.h"
- #include "frobnicator.h"
-
- Where stdio.h is a public glibc API, sd-daemon.h is a public API of
- our own, util.h is a utility library header from src/shared, and
- frobnicator.h is an placeholder name for any systemd component. The
- benefit of following this ordering is that more local definitions
- are always defined after more global ones. Thus, our local
- definitions will never "leak" into the global header files, possibly
- altering their effect due to #ifdeffery.
+ much. systemd-internal headers must not rely on an include order, so
+ it is safe to include them in any order possible.
+ However, to not clutter global includes, and to make sure internal
+ definitions will not affect global headers, please always include the
+ headers of external components first (these are all headers enclosed
+ in <>), followed by our own exported headers (usually everything
+ that's prefixed by "sd-"), and then followed by internal headers.
+ Furthermore, in all three groups, order all includes alphabetically
+ so duplicate includes can easily be detected.
- To implement an endless loop, use "for (;;)" rather than "while
(1)". The latter is a bit ugly anyway, since you probably really