This aims to help explain some of the internal patterns and utilities
that we use. It is by no means exhaustive, and suggestions for
additions are welcome.
Some of this is based on the existing work from #26929.
Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/26929
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/30552
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Jiawen Geng <technicalcute@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Denys Otrishko <shishugi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
Prepare the final few documents that haven't been updated to always use
`[]` with reference links and to escape `[` and `]` for things that
aren't links in markdown files.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29963
Reviewed-By: Masashi Hirano <shisama07@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com>
Convert to asterisks when there are mixed styles in document.
Addresses Markdownlint MD004 rule
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29516
Reviewed-By: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <trivikr.dev@gmail.com>
These are rendered as single breaks.
Addresses Markdownlint MD012 rule.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29352
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <trivikr.dev@gmail.com>
Names of c-like structs do not have to end with an underscore.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25303
Reviewed-By: Daniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Explain usage context and scope of AliasedBuffer API and its
function in the C++ style guide. Provide an example code.
Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/22977
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/24724
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com>
This documents existing practices.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23805
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Daniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius@gmail.com>
We generally avoid using non-const references if not necessary. This
formalizes this rules by writing them down in the C++ style guide.
(Note: Some reviews are from the original PR.)
Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23028
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23155
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Daniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Sakthipriyan Vairamani <thechargingvolcano@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ali Ijaz Sheikh <ofrobots@google.com>
Reviewed-By: Anatoli Papirovski <apapirovski@mac.com>
We generally avoid using `auto` if not necessary. This
formalizes this rules by writing them down in the C++ style guide.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23028
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Daniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Sakthipriyan Vairamani <thechargingvolcano@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
This commit adds a section mentioning that for C-like structs it is
alright to use snake_case.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/20423
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Also provide an example on how to use internal/errors
to handle errors in C++.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18149
Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/18106
Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Jon Moss <me@jonathanmoss.me>
Reviewed-By: Weijia Wang <starkwang@126.com>
Reviewed-By: Daniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
Adds instructions on how to format C++ comments to the C++ style guide,
as `cpplint.py` doesn't complain about C-style comments on the code.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17617
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Anatoli Papirovski <apapirovski@mac.com>
Reviewed-By: Daniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius@gmail.com>
The Cpp style guide is growing. IMHO, a Table of Contents makes
it easier to navigate.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17052
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Daniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius@gmail.com>
Ideally, most of these things would be enforced via linter rules.
This is a first step into having a style guide that goes beyond
what the linter currently enforces.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16090
Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/12636
Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Daniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Timothy Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
