=head1 NAME

CodingStyle - standards while programming for LilyPond

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Please use these standards while doing programming for LilyPond

Functions and methods do not return errorcodes, but use assert for
checking status. 

=head2 INDENTATION

in emacs:


	(add-hook 'c-mode-hook
		  '(lambda ()(setq c-basic-offset 4)))


	(add-hook 'c++-mode-hook
		  '(lambda() (c-set-style "Stroustrup")
		     )
		  )


=head2 CLASSES and TYPES:

	This_is_a_class
	AClass_name	(for Abbreviation_class_name)

=head2 DATA MEMBERS

	Class::member()
	Type Class::member_type_

the C<type> is a Hungarian notation postfix for $C<Type>$.


=head2 COMMENTS

The source is commented in the DOC++ style.  Check out doc++ at
F<http://www.ZIB-Berlin.DE/VisPar/doc++/doc++.html>

	/// short description
	class Class {
		///
		Data data_member_;
		/**
			..
		*/

		/****************/

		/// short memo
		member();
		/**
			long doco of member()
		*/
	};
	/**
		Class documentation.
	*/

Unfortunately most of the code isn't really documented that good.


=head2 CLASSNAMES (2)

A lot of classes in LilyPond start with 'P', this is to distinguish
certain parts of LilyPond: the P stands for Printer, and the P-classes
are supposed to be more lowlevel than the others. Example:

Staff uses PStaff, PScore and PCol to do the typesetting of
symbols. Staff is  the "brains" for PStaff

NB: in PCursor (which is part of the library) P stands for PointerCursor


=head2 MEMBERS(2)

Standard methods:

	///check that *this satisfies its invariants, abort if not.
	void OK() const

	/// print *this (and substructures) to debugging log
	void print() const

	/// add some data to *this; 
	add( .. )
	/**
	Presence of these methods usually imply that it is not feasible to this
	via  a constructor
	*/

	/// replace some data of *this
	set( .. )