[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] CODING_STYLE: Define how to handle acronyms in CamelCase

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] CODING_STYLE: Define how to handle acronyms in CamelCase

[Alex Williamson]

When creating structure names in CamelCase, it's easy to have
back-to-back capitals when using acronyms (ex. PCIINTxRoutingNotifier,
QEMUSGList, VFIOINTx).  In the worst case these can look like macros,
but even adjoining a single, all-caps acronym makes it more difficult
to interpret.  For example, is PCIIntxRoutingNotifier sufficiently
more clear?  Mixing case, such as VFIOintx isn't truly CamelCase.
Therefore let's abandon all-caps acronyms in CamelCase, resulting in
PciIntxRoutingNotifier, QemuSgList, VfioIntx.

Cc: Michael Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
---

This is an attempt to formalize and get agreement on name changes
suggested for the vfio-pci driver.  VFIO is very prone to these naming
problems.  I don't expect to do any massive code churn to correct
these, but I will update vfio-pci to whatever outcome we decide and at
least we'll have a reference rather than per maintainer policy.
Thanks,

Alex

 CODING_STYLE |    5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CODING_STYLE b/CODING_STYLE
index dcbce28..e45ed1a 100644
--- a/CODING_STYLE
+++ b/CODING_STYLE
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ and is therefore likely to be changed.
 When wrapping standard library functions, use the prefix qemu_ to alert
 readers that they are seeing a wrapped version; otherwise avoid this prefix.
 
+When making use of acronyms in CamelCase only capitalize the first character
+of the acronym.  This promotes readability and clearly defines the start of
+each word or acronym.  For example, instead of PCIBAR, use PciBar.  In place
+of QEMUDMAList, use QemuDmaList.
+
 4. Block structure
 
 Every indented statement is braced; even if the block contains just one

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] CODING_STYLE: Define how to handle acronyms in CamelCase

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:08:16PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
> When creating structure names in CamelCase, it's easy to have
> back-to-back capitals when using acronyms (ex. PCIINTxRoutingNotifier,
> QEMUSGList, VFIOINTx).  In the worst case these can look like macros,
> but even adjoining a single, all-caps acronym makes it more difficult
> to interpret.  For example, is PCIIntxRoutingNotifier sufficiently
> more clear?  Mixing case, such as VFIOintx isn't truly CamelCase.
> Therefore let's abandon all-caps acronyms in CamelCase, resulting in
> PciIntxRoutingNotifier, QemuSgList, VfioIntx.
> 
> Cc: Michael Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>

I'm fine with these, but you should ask people like Blue Swirl
who really care about coding style rules.

> ---
> 
> This is an attempt to formalize and get agreement on name changes
> suggested for the vfio-pci driver.  VFIO is very prone to these naming
> problems.  I don't expect to do any massive code churn to correct
> these, but I will update vfio-pci to whatever outcome we decide and at
> least we'll have a reference rather than per maintainer policy.
> Thanks,
> 
> Alex
> 
>  CODING_STYLE |    5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/CODING_STYLE b/CODING_STYLE
> index dcbce28..e45ed1a 100644
> --- a/CODING_STYLE
> +++ b/CODING_STYLE
> @@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ and is therefore likely to be changed.
>  When wrapping standard library functions, use the prefix qemu_ to alert
>  readers that they are seeing a wrapped version; otherwise avoid this prefix.
>  
> +When making use of acronyms in CamelCase only capitalize the first character
> +of the acronym.  This promotes readability and clearly defines the start of
> +each word or acronym.  For example, instead of PCIBAR, use PciBar.  In place
> +of QEMUDMAList, use QemuDmaList.
> +
>  4. Block structure
>  
>  Every indented statement is braced; even if the block contains just one

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] CODING_STYLE: Define how to handle acronyms in CamelCase

[Alex Williamson]

On Mon, 2012-09-24 at 22:01 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:08:16PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > When creating structure names in CamelCase, it's easy to have
> > back-to-back capitals when using acronyms (ex. PCIINTxRoutingNotifier,
> > QEMUSGList, VFIOINTx).  In the worst case these can look like macros,
> > but even adjoining a single, all-caps acronym makes it more difficult
> > to interpret.  For example, is PCIIntxRoutingNotifier sufficiently
> > more clear?  Mixing case, such as VFIOintx isn't truly CamelCase.
> > Therefore let's abandon all-caps acronyms in CamelCase, resulting in
> > PciIntxRoutingNotifier, QemuSgList, VfioIntx.
> > 
> > Cc: Michael Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
> 
> I'm fine with these, but you should ask people like Blue Swirl
> who really care about coding style rules.


Blue, any preference?  Is this needed?  Thanks,

Alex

> > ---
> > 
> > This is an attempt to formalize and get agreement on name changes
> > suggested for the vfio-pci driver.  VFIO is very prone to these naming
> > problems.  I don't expect to do any massive code churn to correct
> > these, but I will update vfio-pci to whatever outcome we decide and at
> > least we'll have a reference rather than per maintainer policy.
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Alex
> > 
> >  CODING_STYLE |    5 +++++
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/CODING_STYLE b/CODING_STYLE
> > index dcbce28..e45ed1a 100644
> > --- a/CODING_STYLE
> > +++ b/CODING_STYLE
> > @@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ and is therefore likely to be changed.
> >  When wrapping standard library functions, use the prefix qemu_ to alert
> >  readers that they are seeing a wrapped version; otherwise avoid this prefix.
> >  
> > +When making use of acronyms in CamelCase only capitalize the first character
> > +of the acronym.  This promotes readability and clearly defines the start of
> > +each word or acronym.  For example, instead of PCIBAR, use PciBar.  In place
> > +of QEMUDMAList, use QemuDmaList.
> > +
> >  4. Block structure
> >  
> >  Every indented statement is braced; even if the block contains just one

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] CODING_STYLE: Define how to handle acronyms in CamelCase

[Anthony Liguori]

Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> writes:

> When creating structure names in CamelCase, it's easy to have
> back-to-back capitals when using acronyms (ex. PCIINTxRoutingNotifier,
> QEMUSGList, VFIOINTx).  In the worst case these can look like macros,
> but even adjoining a single, all-caps acronym makes it more difficult
> to interpret.  For example, is PCIIntxRoutingNotifier sufficiently
> more clear?  Mixing case, such as VFIOintx isn't truly CamelCase.
> Therefore let's abandon all-caps acronyms in CamelCase, resulting in
> PciIntxRoutingNotifier, QemuSgList, VfioIntx.
>
> Cc: Michael Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
> ---
>
> This is an attempt to formalize and get agreement on name changes
> suggested for the vfio-pci driver.  VFIO is very prone to these naming
> problems.  I don't expect to do any massive code churn to correct
> these, but I will update vfio-pci to whatever outcome we decide and at
> least we'll have a reference rather than per maintainer policy.
> Thanks,
>
> Alex
>
>  CODING_STYLE |    5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/CODING_STYLE b/CODING_STYLE
> index dcbce28..e45ed1a 100644
> --- a/CODING_STYLE
> +++ b/CODING_STYLE
> @@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ and is therefore likely to be changed.
>  When wrapping standard library functions, use the prefix qemu_ to alert
>  readers that they are seeing a wrapped version; otherwise avoid this prefix.
>  
> +When making use of acronyms in CamelCase only capitalize the first character
> +of the acronym.  This promotes readability and clearly defines the start of
> +each word or acronym.  For example, instead of PCIBAR, use PciBar.  In place
> +of QEMUDMAList, use QemuDmaList.
> +

I'd prefer not to do this.

We do both within QEMU and I think that's fine.  By choosing one vs. the
other we just create a lot of friction because now people have to
introduce structures that aren't consistent with the rest of the file.

Either is fine IMHO.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

>  4. Block structure
>  
>  Every indented statement is braced; even if the block contains just one

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] CODING_STYLE: Define how to handle acronyms in CamelCase

[Alex Williamson]

On Wed, 2012-09-26 at 16:59 -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> > When creating structure names in CamelCase, it's easy to have
> > back-to-back capitals when using acronyms (ex. PCIINTxRoutingNotifier,
> > QEMUSGList, VFIOINTx).  In the worst case these can look like macros,
> > but even adjoining a single, all-caps acronym makes it more difficult
> > to interpret.  For example, is PCIIntxRoutingNotifier sufficiently
> > more clear?  Mixing case, such as VFIOintx isn't truly CamelCase.
> > Therefore let's abandon all-caps acronyms in CamelCase, resulting in
> > PciIntxRoutingNotifier, QemuSgList, VfioIntx.
> >
> > Cc: Michael Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >
> > This is an attempt to formalize and get agreement on name changes
> > suggested for the vfio-pci driver.  VFIO is very prone to these naming
> > problems.  I don't expect to do any massive code churn to correct
> > these, but I will update vfio-pci to whatever outcome we decide and at
> > least we'll have a reference rather than per maintainer policy.
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >  CODING_STYLE |    5 +++++
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/CODING_STYLE b/CODING_STYLE
> > index dcbce28..e45ed1a 100644
> > --- a/CODING_STYLE
> > +++ b/CODING_STYLE
> > @@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ and is therefore likely to be changed.
> >  When wrapping standard library functions, use the prefix qemu_ to alert
> >  readers that they are seeing a wrapped version; otherwise avoid this prefix.
> >  
> > +When making use of acronyms in CamelCase only capitalize the first character
> > +of the acronym.  This promotes readability and clearly defines the start of
> > +each word or acronym.  For example, instead of PCIBAR, use PciBar.  In place
> > +of QEMUDMAList, use QemuDmaList.
> > +
> 
> I'd prefer not to do this.
> 
> We do both within QEMU and I think that's fine.  By choosing one vs. the
> other we just create a lot of friction because now people have to
> introduce structures that aren't consistent with the rest of the file.
> 
> Either is fine IMHO.

Fair enough, thanks,

Alex

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] CODING_STYLE: Define how to handle acronyms in CamelCase

[Blue Swirl]

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws> wrote:
> Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> writes:
>
>> When creating structure names in CamelCase, it's easy to have
>> back-to-back capitals when using acronyms (ex. PCIINTxRoutingNotifier,
>> QEMUSGList, VFIOINTx).  In the worst case these can look like macros,
>> but even adjoining a single, all-caps acronym makes it more difficult
>> to interpret.  For example, is PCIIntxRoutingNotifier sufficiently
>> more clear?  Mixing case, such as VFIOintx isn't truly CamelCase.
>> Therefore let's abandon all-caps acronyms in CamelCase, resulting in
>> PciIntxRoutingNotifier, QemuSgList, VfioIntx.
>>
>> Cc: Michael Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
>> ---
>>
>> This is an attempt to formalize and get agreement on name changes
>> suggested for the vfio-pci driver.  VFIO is very prone to these naming
>> problems.  I don't expect to do any massive code churn to correct
>> these, but I will update vfio-pci to whatever outcome we decide and at
>> least we'll have a reference rather than per maintainer policy.
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>  CODING_STYLE |    5 +++++
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/CODING_STYLE b/CODING_STYLE
>> index dcbce28..e45ed1a 100644
>> --- a/CODING_STYLE
>> +++ b/CODING_STYLE
>> @@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ and is therefore likely to be changed.
>>  When wrapping standard library functions, use the prefix qemu_ to alert
>>  readers that they are seeing a wrapped version; otherwise avoid this prefix.
>>
>> +When making use of acronyms in CamelCase only capitalize the first character
>> +of the acronym.  This promotes readability and clearly defines the start of
>> +each word or acronym.  For example, instead of PCIBAR, use PciBar.  In place
>> +of QEMUDMAList, use QemuDmaList.
>> +
>
> I'd prefer not to do this.
>
> We do both within QEMU and I think that's fine.  By choosing one vs. the
> other we just create a lot of friction because now people have to
> introduce structures that aren't consistent with the rest of the file.

I think PCIBAR and PciBar look equally ugly, so I'd agree.

>
> Either is fine IMHO.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori
>
>>  4. Block structure
>>
>>  Every indented statement is braced; even if the block contains just one
>