SuperTux Coding Standards
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* proper separation between generic engine code and game specific code
  should be done whenever feasible

* the path in #include directives must not contain "..", all paths
  must be relative to the src/ directory

* external libraries are not allowed in src/, they go to external/

* do not use raw pointer and new/delete, use auto_ptr<> instead

* properly separate data members and member functions, don't mix them
  in the same public/private/protected section

* conditional includes should be indended:

#ifdef FOOBAR
#  include "foobar.hpp"
#endif

* use #include <> for libraries in external/

* include guards are of the form:

#ifndef HEADER_SUPERTUX_{PATH}_{FILE}_HPP
#define HEADER_SUPERTUX_{PATH}_{FILE}_HPP

* use one file per class

* write namespaces like: "namespace NameSpace {", no newline before the '{', finish them with:
  "} // namespace Namespace"

* compile with the maximum warning level and with -Werror:

  -Werror -ansi -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Weffc++
  -Wcast-qual -Winit-self -Wno-unused-parameter

  possible additional flags for the future: -Wconversion -Wshadow

* write doxygen comments as:

  /** This is a comment */

  do not use /**< and other styles of comments

* more info on good practices can be found at:

  http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/cppguide.xml


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