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authorAleksey Gurtovoy <agurtovoy@meta-comm.com>2002-10-27 07:43:50 +0000
committerAleksey Gurtovoy <agurtovoy@meta-comm.com>2002-10-27 07:43:50 +0000
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Add 'acronyms as ordinary words' guideline
[SVN r15991]
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@@ -173,8 +173,9 @@ library, but a reasonable effort to comply is expected.</p>
<ul>
<li>Use the lowercase/underscore <a href="#Naming">naming conventions</a> of
the C++ standard library.&nbsp; Template parameter names begin with an
- uppercase letter. Macro (gasp!) names should be all uppercase and begin with
- BOOST_.</li>
+ uppercase letter. Macro (gasp!) names should be all uppercase and begin with
+ BOOST_. Acronyms should be treated as ordinary words
+ (e.g. <code>xml_parser</code> instead of <code>XML_parser</code>). </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Choose meaningful names - explicit is better than implicit, and readability counts.