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| author | levine <levine@ae88bc3d-4319-0410-8dbf-d08b4c9d3795> | 1999-01-11 04:07:46 +0000 |
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| committer | levine <levine@ae88bc3d-4319-0410-8dbf-d08b4c9d3795> | 1999-01-11 04:07:46 +0000 |
| commit | 312e1c48cd1840a556e2b52243a00301d38b5aa6 (patch) | |
| tree | 2c1acc238d7c9fcf326c37b1bb9527e5961c99c1 /docs/ACE-guidelines.html | |
| parent | b78e81582a21f29a7710b4f8c8dcde0d776c7738 (diff) | |
| download | ATCD-312e1c48cd1840a556e2b52243a00301d38b5aa6.tar.gz | |
added guidelines for boolean types and function return values
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diff --git a/docs/ACE-guidelines.html b/docs/ACE-guidelines.html index 873a1527073..12fb1c2afc8 100644 --- a/docs/ACE-guidelines.html +++ b/docs/ACE-guidelines.html @@ -480,6 +480,13 @@ bgcolor="#ffffff"> <code>ACE_UNIMPLEMENTED_FUNC</code> can be used with non-template classes as well. Though for consistency and maximum safety, it should be avoided for non-template classes.<p> + + <li>Never use <code>bool</code>, <code>BOOL</code>, or similar + types. (CORBA::Boolean is acceptable). Use <code>int</code> + or <code>u_int</code> instead for boolean types.<p> + + <li>Functions should always return -1 to indicate failure, and + 0 or greater to indicate success.<p> </ul> <li><strong>I/O</strong><p> |