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GRPC C STYLE GUIDE |
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Background |
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Here we document style rules for C usage in the gRPC Core library. |
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General |
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- Layout rules are defined by clang-format, and all code should be passed through |
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clang-format. A (docker-based) script to do so is included in |
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tools/distrib/clang_format_code.sh. |
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Header Files |
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- Public header files (those in the include/grpc tree) should compile as pedantic C89 |
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- Public header files should be includable from C++ programs. That is, they should |
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include the following: |
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```c |
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#ifdef __cplusplus |
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extern "C" { |
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# endif |
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/* ... body of file ... */ |
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#ifdef __cplusplus |
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} |
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# endif |
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``` |
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- Header files should be self-contained and end in .h. |
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- All header files should have a #define guard to prevent multiple inclusion. |
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To guarantee uniqueness they should be based on the file's path. |
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For public headers: include/grpc/grpc.h --> GRPC_GRPC_H |
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For private headers: |
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src/core/channel/channel_stack.h --> GRPC_INTERNAL_CORE_CHANNEL_CHANNEL_STACK_H |
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C99 Features |
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- Variable sized arrays are not allowed |
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- Do not use the 'inline' keyword |
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- Flexible array members are allowed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member) |
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Comments |
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Within public header files, only `/* */` comments are allowed. |
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Within implementation files and private headers, either single line `//` |
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or multi line `/* */` comments are allowed. Only one comment style per file is |
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allowed however (i.e. if single line comments are used anywhere within a file, |
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ALL comments within that file must be single line comments). |
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Symbol Names |
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- Non-static functions must be prefixed by grpc_ |
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- static functions must not be prefixed by grpc_ |
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- enumeration values and #define names are uppercased, all others are lowercased |
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- Multiple word identifiers use underscore as a delimiter (NEVER camel casing)
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