Do's and Don'ts

Please...

• initialize ALL variables even if they are set few lines later
  
• write log lines as single line
• write unit tests for methods and messages
• write unit tests for everything, even if it is complicated and takes 1 hour
  
• use stack variables if possible, avoid pointers
• remember that anything is a UTF-8 string
• if a message handler fails and returns apStatus != Ok, then also fill sComment
• if you write a new module, try to make it run without your new module
• prefer tests in module rather than in the test module

Never ever...

• use non-ASCII characters in code, e.g. "ä". The compiler might see 2 bytes instead of one character
• do anything that can fail in a contructor
• do bullshit
  

Platform notes:

• do not initialize SAutoPtr pMyClass = new MyClass(). This does not work with gcc. Write: SAutoPtr pMyClass(new MyClass()) or SAutoPtr pMyClass; pMyClass = new MyClass();