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+                            Apache Qpid : CppStyleGuide
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+					    This page last changed on Apr 24, 2007 by <font color="#0050B2">aconway</font>.
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+				    <h1><a name="CppStyleGuide-QpidCstyleguide"></a>Qpid C++ style guide</h1>
+
+<p>Qpid C++ follows this guide: <a href="http://geosoft.no/development/cppstyle.html" title="Visit page outside Confluence">http://geosoft.no/development/cppstyle.html</a></p>
+
+<p>With the following amendments:</p>
+
+<ul>
+	<li>Rule 34: Qpid source files have .h and .cpp extensions.</li>
+	<li>Rule 71: Qpid uses 4 space indent, not 2. <b>No tabs</b>.</li>
+	<li>Rule 75, 81: Qpid allows (but does not require) else/catch to be on same line as preceeding }</li>
+	<li>Rule 11: Qpid does <em>not</em> add an underscore to member variable names.</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>And the following additional rules:</p>
+
+<ul>
+	<li>Rule q1: Unlike other blocks, the contents of namespace blocks are <em>not</em> indented to prevent excessive line splitting, and multiple namespaces may be opened or closed on a single line. For example:
+<div class="code"><div class="codeContent">
+<pre class="code-java">namespace qpid { namespace common {
+
+class SomeClass {
+  void foo();
+};
+
+}} <span class="code-comment">// namespace qpid::common</span></pre>
+</div></div></li>
+</ul>
+
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+
+
+<h2><a name="CppStyleGuide-Debateandchanges"></a>Debate and changes</h2>
+
+<p>The discussion on qpid-dev did raise debate about some points of the style guide. The exceptions and new rules above reflect:</p>
+<ul>
+	<li>Points that were agreed on the list.</li>
+	<li>De-facto style of the codebase as it stands today.</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>Anyone who feels strongly about further modifications to the style guide should:</p>
+<ol>
+	<li>Raise the issue on qpid-dev.</li>
+	<li>Get consensus among the active qpid C++ developers for the change.</li>
+	<li>Reformat the entire qpid codebase to conform to the change.</li>
+</ol>
+
+
+<p>If you are not willing to do step 3 then don't bother raising the issue.</p>
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