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doc: introduce categories to Cpp style guide #17095

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@fhinkel fhinkel commented Nov 17, 2017

Introduce sections in the Cpp style guide as suggested by @joyeecheung in
#17052 (comment).

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Unfortunately, the C++ linter (based on
[Google’s `cpplint`](https://github.com/google/styleguide)), which can be run
explicitly via `make lint-cpp`, does not currently catch a lot of rules that are
specific to the Node.js C++ code base. This document explains the most common of
these rules:

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I think this should be ##?

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Yes, fixed

* [Type casting](#type-casting)
* [Memory allocation](#memory-allocation)
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Can you put "Others" as a top level item and put other rules under it?

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Done

- `dynamic_cast` does not work because RTTI is not enabled
- Use `static_cast` for casting whenever it works
- `reinterpret_cast` is okay if `static_cast` is not appropriate
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Also should be ##


Never use `std::auto_ptr`. Instead, use `std::unique_ptr`.

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Same as above

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Fixed

@fhinkel fhinkel force-pushed the nov/style-guide-reshuffle branch from ae8a2e8 to 1c96975 Compare December 3, 2017 07:57
@fhinkel fhinkel force-pushed the nov/style-guide-reshuffle branch from 1c96975 to afd79ef Compare December 3, 2017 07:59
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Thanks for doing this!

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fhinkel commented Dec 3, 2017

Landed in fff4272

@fhinkel fhinkel closed this Dec 3, 2017
fhinkel added a commit to fhinkel/node that referenced this pull request Dec 3, 2017
MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Dec 12, 2017
Ref: #17052 (comment)

PR-URL: #17095
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Dec 12, 2017
Ref: #17052 (comment)

PR-URL: #17095
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
@MylesBorins MylesBorins mentioned this pull request Dec 12, 2017
gibfahn pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Dec 20, 2017
Ref: #17052 (comment)

PR-URL: #17095
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
@gibfahn gibfahn mentioned this pull request Dec 20, 2017
gibfahn pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Dec 20, 2017
Ref: #17052 (comment)

PR-URL: #17095
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
@gibfahn gibfahn mentioned this pull request Dec 20, 2017
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