PEP 7: Remove Python 2.2 advice, add C syntax highlighting and green/red sidebars (#3702)

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PEP: 7
Title: Style Guide for C Code
Version: $Revision$
Last-Modified: $Date$
Author: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>, Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
Status: Active
Type: Process
Content-Type: text/x-rst
Created: 05-Jul-2001
Post-History:
.. highlight:: c
Introduction
============
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* Function definition style: function name in column 1, outermost
curly braces in column 1, blank line after local variable
declarations. ::
declarations.
.. code-block::
:class: good
static int
extra_ivars(PyTypeObject *type, PyTypeObject *base)
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the following left paren; no spaces inside the paren; braces are
required everywhere, even where C permits them to be omitted, but do
not add them to code you are not otherwise modifying. All new C
code requires braces. Braces should be formatted as shown::
code requires braces. Braces should be formatted as shown:
.. code-block::
:class: good
if (mro != NULL) {
...
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...
}
* The return statement should *not* get redundant parentheses::
* The return statement should *not* get redundant parentheses:
.. code-block::
:class: bad
return(albatross); /* incorrect */
Instead:
.. code-block::
:class: good
return albatross; /* correct */
return(albatross); /* incorrect */
* Function and macro call style: ``foo(a, b, c)`` -- no space before
the open paren, no spaces inside the parens, no spaces before
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* Breaking long lines: if you can, break after commas in the outermost
argument list. Always indent continuation lines appropriately,
e.g.::
e.g.:
.. code-block::
:class: good
PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
"cannot create '%.100s' instances",
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* When you break a long expression at a binary operator, the
operator goes at the end of the previous line, and braces should be
formatted as shown. E.g.::
formatted as shown. E.g.:
.. code-block::
:class: good
if (type->tp_dictoffset != 0 && base->tp_dictoffset == 0 &&
type->tp_dictoffset == b_size &&
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* Macros intended to be used as a statement should use the
``do { ... } while (0)`` macro idiom,
without a final semicolon.
Example::
Example:
.. code-block::
:class: good
#define ADD_INT_MACRO(MOD, INT) \
do { \
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* Comments go before the code they describe.
* All functions and global variables should be declared static unless
they are to be part of a published interface
they are to be part of a published interface.
* For external functions and variables, we always have a declaration
in an appropriate header file in the "Include" directory, which uses
the ``PyAPI_FUNC()`` macro and ``PyAPI_DATA()`` macro, like this::
the ``PyAPI_FUNC()`` macro and ``PyAPI_DATA()`` macro, like this:
.. code-block::
:class: good
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Repr(PyObject *);
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to support building Python without docstrings (``./configure
--without-doc-strings``).
For C code that needs to support versions of Python older than 2.3,
you can include this after including ``Python.h``::
#ifndef PyDoc_STR
#define PyDoc_VAR(name) static char name[]
#define PyDoc_STR(str) (str)
#define PyDoc_STRVAR(name, str) PyDoc_VAR(name) = PyDoc_STR(str)
#endif
* The first line of each function docstring should be a "signature
line" that gives a brief synopsis of the arguments and return value.
For example::
For example:
.. code-block::
:class: good
PyDoc_STRVAR(myfunction__doc__,
"myfunction(name, value) -> bool\n\n\
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Always include a blank line between the signature line and the text
of the description.
If the return value for the function is always None (because there
If the return value for the function is always ``None`` (because there
is no meaningful return value), do not include the indication of the
return type.
* When writing multi-line docstrings, be sure to always use backslash
continuations, as in the example above, or string literal
concatenation::
concatenation:
.. code-block::
:class: good
PyDoc_STRVAR(myfunction__doc__,
"myfunction(name, value) -> bool\n\n"
"Determine whether name and value make a valid pair.");
Though some C compilers accept string literals without either::
Though some C compilers accept string literals without either:
.. code-block::
:class: bad
/* BAD -- don't do this! */
PyDoc_STRVAR(myfunction__doc__,
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=========
This document has been placed in the public domain.
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