General naming conventions

• Entities (variables, functions, macros, types, files or directories) SHOULD have explicit and/or mnemonic names.

            #define MAX_LINE_SIZE               1024
            #define COMMENT_START_DELIMITER     '#'
            #define MAX_FILE_NAME_LENGTH        2048
            

• Names MAY be abbreviated, but only when it allows for shorter code without loss of meaning.

• Names SHOULD even be abbreviated when long standing programming practice allows so:

            Maximum ==> Max
            Minimum ==> Min
            Length  ==> Len
            ...
            

• Composite names MUST be separated by underscores (_).
• Names MUST be expressed in english.
• Names SHOULD be expressed in correct english, i.e. without spelling mistakes.