STYLE.md

Code Style

This style guide should be used for all SVT-HEVC code submissions

Tabs vs Spaces
No tabs, only spaces; 4-space indentation

Be aware that some tools might add tabs when auto aligning the code, please check your commits with a diff tool for tabs.

For multi-line statements, the indentation of the next line depends on the context of the statement and braces around it. For example, if you have a long assignment, you can choose to either align it to the = of the first line, or (if that leads to less lines of code) just indent 1 level further from the first line's indentation level:

const int myVar = something1 &&
                  something2;

or

const int myVar = something1 +
    something2 - something3 * something4;

However, if there are braces, the first non-whitespace character of the line should be aligned with the brace level that it is part of:

const int myVar = (something1 +
                   something2) * something3;

Use PascalCase for types and CamelCase for variable names (TypeName myInstance;) Use const where possible, except in forward function declarations in header files, where we only use it for const-arrays:

int MyFunc(const array *values, int arg);

[..]

int MyFunc(const array *const values, const int num) {
    [..]
}

Braces go on the same line for single-line statements, but on a new line for multi-line statements:

static void Function(const int argument) {
    DoSomething();
}

versus

static void Function(const int argument1,
                     const int argument2)
{
    DoSomething();
}

Braces are only necessary for multi-line code blocks or multi-line condition statements;

if (condition1 && condition2)
    DoSomething();

and

if (condition) {
    DoSomething1();
    DoSomething2();
}

and

if (condition1 &&
    condition2)
{
    DoSomething();
}

Switch/case are indented at the same level, and the code block is indented one level deeper:

switch (a) {
case 1:
    bla();
    break;
}

but for very trivial blocks, you can also put everything on one single line:

switch (a) {
case 1: bla(); break;
}

Lines should ideally not be longer than 80 characters. We allow exceptions if wrapping the line would lead to exceptional ugliness, and this is done on a case-by-case basis. Don't use goto except for standard error handling. Use native types (int, unsigned, etc.) for scalar variables where the upper bound of a size doesn't matter.

Use sized types (uint8_t, int16_t, etc.) for vector/array variables where the upper bound of the size matters.

Post-coding

After coding, make sure to trim any trailing white space and convert any tabs to 4 spaces

For bash

find . -name <Filename> -type f -exec sed -i 's/\t/    /;s/[[:space:]]*$//' {} +

Where <Filename> is "*.c" or "*.(your file extention here)"
Search the find man page or tips and tricks for more options.
Do not use find on root without a filter or with the .git folder still present. Doing so will corrupt your repo folder and you will need to copy a new .git folder and re-setup your folder.

Alternatively, for single file(s):

sed -i 's/\t/    /;s/[[:space:]]*$//' <Filename/Filepath>

Note: For macOS and BSD related distros, you may need to use sed -i '' inplace due to differences with GNU sed.

For Powershell/pwsh

ls -Recurse -File -Filter *.c | ForEach-Object{$(Get-Content $_.FullName | Foreach {Write-Output "$($_.TrimEnd().Replace("`t","    "))`n"}) | Set-Content -NoNewline -Encoding utf8 $_.FullName}

Where -Filter *.c has your extention/filename(s).
This does not work with pwsh on non-windows OS.
Search the docs for pwsh related commands and powershell related commands for more information on what they do.
Do not use ls without a -Filter on the root directory or with the .git folder still present. Doing so will corrupt your repo folder and you will need to copy a new .git folder and re-setup your folder.

Alternatively, for a single file:

$filename="<filename>"; Get-content $filename | Foreach {Write-Output "$($_.TrimEnd().Replace("`t","    "))`n"}) | Set-Content -NoNewline $filename

Where <filename> is the specific file you want to trim.