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authorDiego Biurrun <diego@biurrun.de>2013-02-11 18:39:12 +0100
committerDiego Biurrun <diego@biurrun.de>2013-02-11 20:17:15 +0100
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doc: developer: Fix wording in "naming conventions" section
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@end itemize
@subsection Naming conventions
-All names are using underscores (_), not CamelCase. For example,
-@samp{avfilter_get_video_buffer} is a valid function name and
-@samp{AVFilterGetVideo} is not. The only exception from this are structure
-names; they should always be in the CamelCase
+All names should be composed with underscores (_), not CamelCase. For example,
+@samp{avfilter_get_video_buffer} is an acceptable function name and
+@samp{AVFilterGetVideo} is not. The only exception are structure
+names; they should always be CamelCase.
-There are following conventions for naming variables and functions:
+There are the following conventions for naming variables and functions:
@itemize @bullet
@item
For local variables no prefix is required.
@item
-For variables and functions declared as @code{static} no prefixes are required.
+For variables and functions declared as @code{static} no prefix is required.
@item
-For variables and functions used internally by the library, @code{ff_} prefix
-should be used.
-For example, @samp{ff_w64_demuxer}.
+For variables and functions used internally by a library an @code{ff_}
+prefix should be used, e.g. @samp{ff_w64_demuxer}.
@item
For variables and functions used internally across multiple libraries, use
@code{avpriv_}. For example, @samp{avpriv_aac_parse_header}.
@item
-For exported names, each library has its own prefixes. Just check the existing
-code and name accordingly.
+For externally visible symbols, each library has its own prefix. Check
+the existing code and choose names accordingly.
@end itemize
@subsection Miscellaneous conventions