PIKApp/devel-docs/includes.txt

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includes.txt
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The include policy for the files in app/ is as follows:
Each subdirectory has a <module>-types.h file which defines the type
space known to this module. All .c files in the directory include this
(and only this) <module>-types.h file. <foo>-types.h files from other
modules are included from the <module>-types.h file only. This way
<module>-types.h becomes the only place where the namespace known to a
module is defined.
***** .h files *****
No .h file includes anything, with two exceptions:
- objects include their immediate parent class
- if the header uses stuff like time_t (or off_t), it includes
<time.h> (or <sys/types.h>). This only applies to system stuff!
***** .c files *****
The include order of all .c files of a module is as follows:
/* example of a .c file from app/core */
#include "config.h" /* always and first */
#include <glib.h> /* *only* needed if the file needs stuff */
/* like G_OS_WIN32 for conditional inclusion */
/* of system headers */
#include <system headers> /* like <stdio.h> */
#include <glib-object.h>
#include "libpikafoo/pikafoo.h" /* as needed, e.g. "libpikabase/pikabase.h" */
#include "libpikabar/pikabar.h"
#include "core-types.h" /* and _no_ other foo-types.h file */
#include "base/foo.h" /* files from modules below this one */
#include "base/bar.h"
#include "pika.h" /* files from this module */
#include "pikaimage.h"
#include "pikawhatever.h"
#include "pika-intl.h" /* if needed, *must* be the last include */