[libvirt PATCH 01/14] docs: coding-style: Clarify on virXXXPtr types

Signed-off-by: Tim Wiederhake <twiederh(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/coding-style.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/coding-style.rst b/docs/coding-style.rst index 470c61860f..ab7634dc14 100644 --- a/docs/coding-style.rst +++ b/docs/coding-style.rst @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Struct type names and each following word should have its first letter in uppercase. The struct name should be the same as the typedef name with a leading underscore. + :: typedef struct _virHashTable virHashTable; @@ -61,6 +62,10 @@ Struct type names ... }; + Historically, libvirt also declared pointer types 'virXXXPtr', + which have been dropped where possible. Do not introduce new + such types. + Function names All functions should have a 'vir' prefix in their name, followed by one or more words with first letter of each word -- 2.31.1