Objective

A C coding style which:

• is concise
• minimizes diffs for common maintenance and refactoring tasks
• is stable under automated indent tools (indent, uncrustify)
• is generally independent of brace-style
• easily greppable

Common Maintenance Tasks

• Modify a function declaration
• Modify a struct or enum

General

• No horizontal alignment (this includes comment boxes)

List elements

Function parameter lists

• Separate lines for:
  • Return and storage type
  • Function name
  • Parameters
• Comma-decl style for parameters

extern return_type_t
Function(
         int param1
         , int param2
         , int param3
        );

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Enumerations

• Mandatory last element

enum Enumeration {
   ZEROTH = ,   /**! Short description */
   FIRST = 1,
   SECOND = 2,

   /** Mandatory last element */
   LAST
};

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Expressions

• Separate lines for each argument
• New indent for each sub-expression

    if (booleanA
        && booleanB
        || (booleanC
            && booleanD
           )
       )
    {

    }

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