Nomenclature

Variables should have the type prefix as mentioned in (13.7.1), which can also be preceeded by a ``p'' for pointer. Else they should not have underscores, but capital letters to specify the beginnig of a new logical unit. Where appropriate they should have a unit in the end separated by an underscore this time. Some variables (where we don't care too much) may actually still be int.

     U16 pu16Buffer[N];
     int iTempIndex;
     F32 f32DwellTime_ms;
     struct sockaddr_in *psinServer;

For classes and functions we should stick to lowercase letters only, parts separated by underscores. This is partly, because I think the file name should be the same as the class name and I guess, we don't want uppercase letters in file names.

     int ni_do::init_device(log_err *log_err) { ... }

Macros are of course all uppercase with underscores between parts.

     #define MAX_STEPSIZE_UM 9.123



Holger Fleckenstein 2008-07-08