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| author | Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> | 2008-10-31 18:23:01 -0700 |
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| committer | Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> | 2008-10-31 18:30:43 -0700 |
| commit | 6533aadc21270052d8d05835b1e30d8b13a2f164 (patch) | |
| tree | e9c9018f4b898a2be9aa0d053153cb7d8c8af22c /CONVENTIONS | |
| parent | de2220a48fcf7901432f8093d3223e65f4072ff7 (diff) | |
| download | libgit2-6533aadc21270052d8d05835b1e30d8b13a2f164.tar.gz | |
Drop the _t suffix as it is a POSIX reserved namespace
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'CONVENTIONS')
| -rw-r--r-- | CONVENTIONS | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/CONVENTIONS b/CONVENTIONS index 4b09c08ae..e3c672819 100644 --- a/CONVENTIONS +++ b/CONVENTIONS @@ -12,7 +12,15 @@ All #define macros start with 'GIT_'. Type Definitions ---------------- -All types end in '_t'; for example git_oid_t or git_odb_t. +Most types should be opaque, e.g.: + +---- + typedef struct git_odb git_odb; +---- + +with allocation functions returning an "instance" created within +the library, and not within the application. This allows the type +to grow (or shrink) in size without rebuilding client code. Public Exported Function Definitions |