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8 This project is programmed using the Linux kernel coding style:
10 https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html
12 Please use the same style for any code contributions, thanks!
18 - In order to contribute you should ideally clone the git repository and
19 let us know (preferably via IRC, or via the mailing list) from where to
20 pull/review your changes. You can use github.com, or any other public git
23 - Alternatively, patches can be sent to the development mailinglist at
24 sigrok-devel@lists.sourceforge.net (please subscribe to the list first).
26 https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sigrok-devel
32 - Consistently use g_try_malloc() / g_try_malloc0(). Do not use standard
33 malloc()/calloc() if it can be avoided (sometimes other libs such
34 as libftdi can return malloc()'d memory, for example).
36 - Always properly match allocations with the proper *free() functions. If
37 glib's g_try_malloc()/g_try_malloc0() was used, use g_free() to free the
38 memory. Otherwise use standard free(). Never use the wrong function!
40 - Never use g_malloc() or g_malloc0(). These functions do not return NULL
41 if not enough memory is available but rather lead to an exit() or segfault
42 instead. This behaviour is not acceptable.
43 Use g_try_malloc()/g_try_malloc0() instead and check the return value.
45 - You should never print any messages (neither to stdout nor stderr nor
46 elsewhere) "manually" via e.g. printf() or g_log() or similar functions.
47 Only sr_err()/sr_warn()/sr_info()/sr_dbg()/sr_spew() should be used.
49 - Use glib's gboolean / TRUE / FALSE for boolean types consistently.
50 Do not use <stdbool.h> and its true / false, and do not invent private
51 definitions for this either.
53 - Consistently use the same naming convention for #include guards in headers:
54 <PROJECTNAME>_<PATH_TO_FILE>_<FILE>
55 This ensures that all #include guards are always unique and consistent.
56 Example: SIGROK_CLI_SIGROK_CLI_H
58 - Consistently use the same naming convention for functions, if appropriate:
60 Getter/setter function names should usually end with "_get" or "_set".
61 Functions creating new "objects" should end with "_new".
62 Functions destroying "objects" should end with "_destroy".
63 Functions adding or removing items (e.g. from lists) should end with
64 either "_add" or "_remove".
65 Functions operating on all items from a list (not on only one of them),
66 should end with "_all", e.g. "_remove_all", "_get_all", and so on.
67 Use "_remove_all" in favor of "_clear" for consistency.
69 - In Doxygen comments, put an empty line between the block of @param lines
70 and the final @return line. The @param lines themselves (if there is more
71 than one) are not separated by empty lines.
79 http://sigrok.org/wiki/Developers/Release_process
81 for a list of items that need to be done when releasing a new tarball.