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C++ Libraries
...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
This documentation aims to use of the following naming and formatting conventions.
fixed width
font and is syntax-highlighted
in color, for example double.
teletype fixed-width font.
italics.
free_function();
that is, it is in code font and its name is
followed by () to indicate
that it is a free function.
class_template<>;
that is, it is in code font and its name is followed by <>
to indicate that it is a class template.
MACRO();
that is, it is uppercase in code font and its name is followed by () to indicate that it is a function-like
macro. Object-like macros appear without the trailing ().