5. Code Presentation Conventions

This is the name of a class in an object-oriented (OO) programming language. For example, the class com.arsdigita.categorization.CategoryTreeNode.

This is the name of a method in an OO programming language, e.g. the method getBaseDataObjectType.

The name of a function or subroutine, as in a programming language. For example, the function SecurityLogger.warn().

The name of a variable. For example, the variable BASE_DATA_OBJECT_TYPE.

An option for a software command or Method. For example, a user has been granted read privileges on an object.

The value returned by a function. For example, a method returns null.

A literal listing of all or part of a program:

extern void sem_exit (void);
extern struct task_struct *child_reaper;
 
int getrusage(struct task_struct *, int, struct rusage *);
 
static void __unhash_process(struct task_struct *p)
{
        nr_threads--;
        detach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_PID);
        detach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_TGID);
        if (thread_group_leader(p)) {
                detach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_PGID);
                detach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_SID);
        }
 
        REMOVE_LINKS(p);
        p->pid = 0;
}

The first occurrence of a term, such as the first time we introduce a bulletin-board and note its abbreviated form, bboard.