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643<section id="CodingGuidelines"><title>Coding guidelines</title> 643<section id="CodingGuidelines"><title>Coding guidelines</title>
644 <para>See <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_toc.html">GNU 644 <para>See <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_toc.html">GNU
645 Coding standards</ulink> for general guidelines.</para> 645 Coding standards</ulink> for general guidelines.</para>
646 <section><title>Comments</title> 646 <section><title>C coding</title>
647
648 <para>Variables should be declared at the beginning of code blocks and
649 not inline because of portability with older compilers.</para>
650
647 <para>You should use /* */ for comments and not // as some compilers 651 <para>You should use /* */ for comments and not // as some compilers
648 do not handle the latter form.</para> 652 do not handle the latter form.</para>
653 </section>
654
655 <section><title>Crediting sources</title>
649 <para>If you have copied a routine from another source, make sure the licence 656 <para>If you have copied a routine from another source, make sure the licence
650 from your source allows this. Add a comment referencing the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 657 from your source allows this. Add a comment referencing the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
651 file, where you can put more detail about the source.</para> 658 file, where you can put more detail about the source.</para>