From 4ca32b84ec345a6958880178fdf1b831709dc705 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aafemt Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 10:11:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] An additional related to previous commit --- doc/README.coding.style | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/README.coding.style b/doc/README.coding.style index 8394d698e4..3ee7888976 100644 --- a/doc/README.coding.style +++ b/doc/README.coding.style @@ -34,3 +34,6 @@ exceed one line. scratch (on all available platforms). - Always end source files, including headers, with a newline. - Prefer C++ style for comments +- Use abstract datatypes (UCHAR, SSHORT, ULONG etc) instead of generic +ones (unsigned char, short, unsigned long resp) because generic types +can be changed unexpectedly (long int become 64 bits for example).