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2019-10-23Documentation: coding-style: Document usage of C compatibility headersLaurent Pinchart
The C++ standard defines a set of C++ standard library headers, and for some of them, defines C compatibility headers. The former have a name of the form <cxxx> while the later are named <xxx.h>. The C++ headers declare names in the std namespace, and may declare the same names in the global namespace. The C compatibility headers declare names in the global namespace, and may declare the same names in the std namespace. We want to standardise on one set of headers through libcamera, and don't want to rely on optional behaviour. We can thus either use the C++ headers with an explicit std:: namespace qualifier through the code, or the C headers without the qualifier. Both set of headers are defined by the C++ standard, and are thus valid choices. After weighing pros and cons, we have decided to use the C compatibility headers, as nobody wanted to write std::uint32_t. Document this decision. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@ragnatech.se>
2019-04-19libcamera: Document documentation style and update the code accordinglyLaurent Pinchart
The documentation style for the Doxygen comment blocks is inconsistent in the library. Document the expectations and update all existing comment blocks to match. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Acked-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
2019-02-14Documentation: coding-style: Discourage move on shared_ptr<>Jacopo Mondi
Using std::move() on return statement of a method or on the its returned value prevents the compiler from implementing copy-elision. Discourage that in the coding style document. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
2019-01-22utils: checkstyle: Add support for clang-formatLaurent Pinchart
clang-format produces better results than astyle as it can better match the libcamera coding style. Default to clang-format over astyle, fall back to astyle if clang-format isn't found, and add a --formatter command line option to select a formatter manually. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@ragnatech.se>
2019-01-21Documentation: coding_style: Add object ownership rulesLaurent Pinchart
Object ownership is a complex topic that can lead to many issues, from memory leak to crashes. Document the rules that libcamera enforces to make object ownership tracking explicit. This is a first version of the rules and is expected to be expanded as the library is developed. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@ragnatech.se> Reviewed-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
2019-01-21Documentation: coding_style: Add move semantics to C++11 featuresLaurent Pinchart
Add the move semantics (move constructor and move assignment) to the allowed C++11 features, as we extensively use them for the unique and shared pointers. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Acked-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
2019-01-16Documentation: coding_style: Allow C++11 variadic templatesLaurent Pinchart
We make use of the C++11 variadic templates feature in the signal&slot implementation, mark it as allowed in the coding style documentation. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Acked-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
2018-12-14Documentation: Document the style check scriptJacopo Mondi
Add a section to the coding style documentation to explain usage of the checkstyle.py script. Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
2018-12-14Documentation: coding-style: Fix list indentationLaurent Pinchart
The various lists in the document are not quoted blocks. Don't indent them. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Acked-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org> Acked-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>
2018-12-13Documentation: Add coding style documentJacopo Mondi
Add document to summarize the coding style adopted by libcamera. Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@ragnatech.se> Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>