Craftd:Coding Style

assert

Use of assertions is advised whenever undefined or dangerous state is encountered with internal constructions and declarations. This includes internal string constructions, thread starting, NULL pointer checks, etc.

Runtime states that come from the network or user should instead use the error handling functions and attempt to punt the client.

Internal Documentation

Methods, structs, and unions should have Doxygen/JavaDoc style documentation.

e.g.

/**
 * Check if a coordinate pair exists within a rectangle struct.
 *
 * @remarks Scope: public
 * 
 * @param rectangle pointer to a rectangle struct
 * @param x the x coordinate
 * @param y the y coordinate
 * @return true if the point is within the rectange, false otherwise
 */

stdbool

Use of the C99 bool type in <stdbool.h> is encouraged for internal boolean values within craftd. Platforms that do not define this can be worked around with Autoconf and preprocessor.

NOTE:

When sending over the network, first recast to an int8_t to ensure that it only occupies 1 byte as sizeof(bool) differs from compiler to compiler.

Logging

Logging is handled via a function pointer that enables runtime switching of logging between stdout and syslog. The function signature is identical to syslog(3) and all POSIX levels are supported.

Available functions

• LOG(int priority, const char *format, ...) - The basic abstract logging function used throughout craftd.
• LOG_setlogmask(int maskbits) - use with LOG_MASK() macro from syslog to mask message types.
• LOGT(int priority, const char *format, ...) - Only compiled with -DTRACE
• ERR(const char *format, ...) - Fatal conditions that cause exit
• PERR(const char *msg) - perror() exit conditions during startup.

Examples

<syntaxhighlight lang="C"> /* Usually set by main to console or syslog depending on daemonize and startup status */ LOG = &log_console; LOG_setlogmask = &log_console_setlogmask;

LOG_setlogmask(LOG_MASK(LOG_DEBUG)); // Don't print debugging messages

LOG(LOG_DEBUG, "This message wont appear"); LOG(LOG_INFO, "An informative message %s", passedInStringVar);

/* Only appears when compiled with -DTRACE */ LOGT(LOG_INFO, "A trace message");

/* An error that should cause an exit. Logs with LOG. */ ERR("Fatal error caused by %s", aString);

/* perror() and exit failure for startup problems (e.g. socket binding) */ PERR("Can't bind to socket.");

</syntaxhighlight>

Notes about this implementation can also be found here: http://www.kev009.com/wp/2010/12/no-nonsense-logging-in-c-and-cpp/

Unknown State

Fail early, kick hard. Do not try to massage the data stream or recover. Use of goto is recommended, especially for breaking out of large loop and conditional chains. Free all allocated resources and close the bufferevent.