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My C++ Coding Standards ( apologies to Bjarne Stroustrup ).

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My C++ Coding Standards ( apologies to Bjarne Stroustrup ):

1. If everything ( but the top node ) were local,
   then you'd be spending all your time traversing trees,
   like an ant, instead of doing real work.

   So use Global Variables/Functions early and often.
   This, the common way, is ambiguous:

     if ( HandleEvents(1) ) ...

   Instead, use globals (below), like this:

     WaitForClick = 1, HandleEvents();  if ( Click ) ...

   Globals:

     int WaitForClick, Click ;

     void HandleEvents() { MSG  Msg ;
       GetMsg:   PeekMessage( &Msg, 0, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE );
       Click = Msg.message == WM_LBUTTONDOWN ;
       //  Handle system events, like WM_NCACTIVATE...  Blah Blah.

       //  When WaitForClick == 1, Exit if-and-only-if there's a Click:
       if ( Click || !WaitForClick  ) { WaitForClick = 0 ;  return ;   }

       //  Draw Stuff... Blah Blah.
       goto GetMsg ;  }

2. InLine Conditionals ( Bool ? True() : False() ) are nice and concise.
   For example:

     inline  int  TheSmaller( int X, int Y ) { return X < Y ? X : Y ;  }

     #define  FlagTheNym   /*  'V' is for Visitor. */  \
        Nym.Trusted ? 'T' : Nym.Dropped ? 'D' : Nym.Kid ? 'K' : Nym.Adult ? 'A' : 'V'

3. Simplify Odd system calls, like this:

     wchar  aString[999];
     Str( aString, L"A 32 bit, unsigned Random Integer: %I64d", Rand32 );

     Globals:

       typedef wchar_t  wchar ;
       unsigned int  uiRand ;  
       #define  Rand32 ( rand_s( &uiRand ), uiRand )  //  Seeding is implicit.
       #define  Str  swprintf  //  Print to a Unicode string, "printf" style.

4. A variable's declared type isn't always appropriate; so Type Cast.

     #define  szStr  (int)wcslen  //  Return the length of a Unicode string.

     #define  Zero( X )  memset( & X, 0, sizeof X )  //  Implicit cast to (void*).

     Zero( aStruct );

5. Create fewer/larger functions.
   Put everything in a single, large .CPP file -- don't create .H files.

6. Local, ShortTerm variables are nice.  Like:

     wchar _T[999], *P = _T ;

     Loop(3) { _Loop(4) P += Str( P, L"( %d, %d )%s", J, JJ, J == eJ ? L"\n" :  L" " );  }

     printf( _T );

     Globals:

       #define   Loop( N )  int         eJ = ( N ) - 1, J = -1 ; while ( ++J <= eJ )
       #define  _Loop( N )  int JJ = J, eJ = ( N ) - 1, J = -1 ; while ( ++J <= eJ )
       #define  Str  swprintf
       typedef  wchar_t  wchar ;

     Output:

       ( 0, 0 ) ( 1, 0 ) ( 2, 0 ) ( 3, 0 )
       ( 0, 1 ) ( 1, 1 ) ( 2, 1 ) ( 3, 1 )
       ( 0, 2 ) ( 1, 2 ) ( 2, 2 ) ( 3, 2 )

See X.CPP in "Jeff-Relf.Me/X.ZIP". 

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Technical challenge for DFS Incubus <incubus9536612@gmail.com> - 2016-12-16 07:18 -0800
  Re: Technical challenge for DFS DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-12-16 11:32 -0500
    Re: Technical challenge for DFS DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-12-16 11:37 -0500
    Re: Technical challenge for DFS Incubus <incubus9536612@gmail.com> - 2016-12-16 08:50 -0800
    Re: Technical challenge for DFS Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-12-16 09:32 -0800
  Loop(100) Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-17 12:34 -0800
    Re: Loop(100) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-12-18 00:44 -0500
      Command Line jockies use plenty of aliases, no ? ! Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-17 21:59 -0800
    Re: Loop(100) moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-19 17:20 +0000
      I don't worry about "optimizations", don't need to. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-19 10:56 -0800
        Re: I don't worry about "optimizations", don't need to. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-12-19 11:23 -0800
        Re: I don't worry about "optimizations", don't need to. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-20 12:30 +0000
          Other people's code is hard to learn/modify. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-20 06:06 -0800
            Re: Other people's code is hard to learn/modify. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-12-20 15:31 +0100
              Re: Other people's code is hard to learn/modify. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-20 09:04 -0600
            Re: Other people's code is hard to learn/modify. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-20 15:06 +0000
              What The Fuck is wrong with your peers ? ! Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-20 09:59 -0800
                Re: What The Fuck is wrong with your peers ? ! moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-20 23:22 +0000
                I won, bigly. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-20 16:15 -0800
                Re: I won, bigly. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-12-21 00:01 -0500
                AutoFormatting hides the fingerprints. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-21 02:55 -0800
                Re: AutoFormatting hides the fingerprints. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-12-21 14:33 +0100
                Re: AutoFormatting hides the fingerprints. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-22 03:21 +0000
                My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-22 02:36 -0800
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-22 21:22 +0000
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-23 07:54 -0600
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. flatfish+++ <flatfish@linuxmail.org> - 2016-12-23 09:35 -0500
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-12-23 08:46 -0600
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-23 16:21 +0000
                My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-23 08:52 -0800
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-23 19:12 +0000
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-23 13:27 -0600
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-12-23 20:56 +0100
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-12-23 13:32 -0700
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-12-23 22:40 +0100
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-12-23 15:19 -0700
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-12-23 14:30 -0800
                My C++ Coding Standards ( apologies to Bjarne Stroustrup ). Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-23 17:06 -0800
                Re: My C++ Coding Standards ( apologies to Bjarne Stroustrup ). Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-12-24 10:40 +0100
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-12-24 14:04 +0000
                Someday, if you're lucky, you'll know the freedoms I enjoy. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-23 08:05 -0800
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-12-23 13:49 -0700
                Re: I won, bigly. Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-12-21 09:09 -0500
                Re: I won, bigly. benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-12-21 17:37 -0500
                Re: What The Fuck is wrong with your peers ? ! chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-21 07:14 -0600

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