Index and Table of Contents

• #define: Macros and code sanity, Preprocessor directives layout
• #if 0: File layout
• #ifdef: Header files and header inclusion, Preprocessor directives layout
• .h files: Header files and header inclusion
• abbreviations: General naming conventions
• ABI: Functions and prototyping
• alignment of functions names in a declaration block: Functions and prototyping
• alignment, enumeration values: Structures variables and declarations
• alignment, functions and declarations: Structures variables and declarations
• alignment, pointer declarations: Structures variables and declarations
• alignments, structure and union fields: Structures variables and declarations
• all: Makefiles and compilation rules
• ANSI C, for prototypes: Functions and prototyping
• arguments, do not pass structures by value: Functions and prototyping
• arguments, maximum number in functions: Functions and prototyping
• AUTHORS: Directory structure
• blank lines, forbidden in functions: Code density and documentation
• blank lines, within blocks: Blocks
• blocks: Blocks
• braces: Blocks
• break: Control structures, Statements
• capitalization: Macros and code sanity, Name capitalization
• case: Control structures
• casts, do not use: Casts
• clean: Makefiles and compilation rules
• commas: Statements
• commas, within for: Control structures
• comments, after #else and #endif: Preprocessor directives layout
• comments, before functions only: Code density and documentation
• comments, delimiters: Comment layout
• comments, file header: File layout
• comments, language: Comment layout
• comments, layout: Comment layout
• compilation flags: Makefiles and compilation rules
• compilation rules: Makefiles and compilation rules
• configure: Directory structure
• const, function arguments: Functions and prototyping
• continue: Statements
• control structure keywords: Control structures
• CR+LF: Trailing whitespace, File layout
• declarations with initialization: Structures variables and declarations
• declarations, one per line: Structures variables and declarations
• declarations, within blocks: Blocks
• default: Control structures
• delimiters, comments: Comment layout
• directives, layout: Preprocessor directives layout
• directives, line breaks: Preprocessor directives layout
• directives, macros: Macros and code sanity
• disabling code blocks: File layout
• distclean: Makefiles and compilation rules
• do: Control structures
• do ... while: Control structures
• e_: Name prefixes
• else: Control structures
• empty loop body: Control structures
• empty statements, within for: Control structures
• enum: Structures variables and declarations
• enumerations, use within switch: Control structures
• examples, warning: Beware of examples
• exit: Expressions
• exported functions: Global scope and storage
• expressions, padding with spaces: Expressions
• for: Control structures
• for, empty body: Control structures
• functions and globals, maximum number: Global scope and storage
• functions, maximum number of arguments: Functions and prototyping
• functions, no comments within body: Code density and documentation
• functions, prototype over multiple lines: Functions and prototyping
• functions, return type: Functions and prototyping
• GCC, use for warnings: Makefiles and compilation rules
• genericity: Casts
• gl_: Name prefixes
• global functions: Global scope and storage
• globals, maximum number: Global scope and storage
• gmake: Makefiles and compilation rules
• goto: Statements
• header files: Header files and header inclusion
• headers, inclusion: Header files and header inclusion
• headers, prototypes of exported functions: Functions and prototyping
• heading comments: File layout
• if: Control structures
• initialization: Structures variables and declarations
• inner declarations: Structures variables and declarations
• keywords, followed by whitespace: Control structures, Expressions, Statements
• layout, comments: Comment layout
• layout, directives: Preprocessor directives layout
• layout, files: File layout
• line breaks in preprocessor directives: Preprocessor directives layout
• line breaks, within arguments list: Functions and prototyping
• line breaks, within for: Control structures
• line count within function bodies: Code density and documentation
• lines, maximum length: File layout
• link granularity: Global scope and storage
• macro calls: Macros and code sanity
• macro names: Name capitalization
• make: Directory structure
• Makefile: Makefiles and compilation rules
• Makefile: Directory structure
• makefile, do not use: Makefiles and compilation rules
• MAY: Vocabulary
• multiple declarations: Structures variables and declarations
• multiple inclusion protection: Header files and header inclusion
• MUST: Vocabulary
• MUST NOT: Vocabulary
• names: Naming conventions
• names, abbreviations: General naming conventions
• names, alignment of functions: Functions and prototyping
• names, case of: Name capitalization
• names, enumeration values: Structures variables and declarations
• names, for arguments in prototypes: Functions and prototyping
• names, global variables: Name prefixes
• names, header protection key: Header files and header inclusion
• names, macros: Name capitalization
• names, prefixes: Name prefixes
• naming conventions: Naming conventions
• operators, padding: Expressions
• OPTIONAL: Vocabulary
• options, warning generation: Makefiles and compilation rules
• pointerness, alignment of declarations: Structures variables and declarations
• preprocessor macros: Macros and code sanity
• preprocessor, directives: Preprocessor directives layout
• prototypes, for exported functions: Functions and prototyping
• prototypes, spanning over multiple lines: Functions and prototyping
• Rationale: Makefiles and compilation rules, Directory structure, Code density and documentation, Global scope and storage, Functions and prototyping, Casts, Trailing whitespace, Control structures, Structures variables and declarations, Comment layout, Macros and code sanity, File layout, Name prefixes, Name capitalization
• rationale, definition: Rationale - intention and extension
• RECOMMENDED: Vocabulary
• registers, passing arguments in -: Functions and prototyping
• REQUIRED: Vocabulary
• requirement: Vocabulary
• return: Statements
• return, replaces break within switch: Control structures
• RFC 2119: Vocabulary
• s_: Name prefixes
• semicolons: Statements
• SHALL: Vocabulary
• SHOULD: Vocabulary
• sizeof: Expressions
• spaces, within expressions: Expressions
• spelling mistakes: Comment layout, General naming conventions
• statement, multiple per line: Statements
• statement, within for: Control structures
• static: Global scope and storage
• structures, do not use as function return values: Functions and prototyping
• structures, field alignment: Structures variables and declarations
• switch: Control structures
• t_: Name prefixes
• tabulations: Trailing whitespace
• template comment for headers: File layout
• trailing whitespace: Trailing whitespace
• transtyping, do not use: Casts
• u_: Name prefixes
• unions, field alignment: Structures variables and declarations
• unused functions cannot appear: Global scope and storage
• variables, declaration within for: Control structures
• variables, multiple per line: Structures variables and declarations
• variables, number of static declarations per line: Global scope and storage
• warnings: Makefiles and compilation rules
• while: Control structures
• while, empty body: Control structures
• whitespace, at the end of a line: Trailing whitespace