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According to Mr. Schmidt, there are about 800 million personal computers installed in the world, whereas the number of mobile phones is around 3 billion. More importantly, the growth rate of mobile is higher compared to the market of PCs. Furthermore, smartphones – mobile phones equipped with high-performance browsers – are really getting popular nowadays and those devices pose great interest for Google.
"There's an estimate of about 600 million mobile phones that are data- and Internet-capable. And that is the group that we really care about because those are the ones that are able to run powerful browsers. […] Now there are many new kinds of devices with powerful browsers where you can have very high-quality ads, new applications, and, of course, the phone," said Eric Schmidt in an interview with BusinessWeek web-site.
In order to further help both operators and mobile phone designers to make advanced smartphones, Google has developed Android operating system. Moreover, in order to push as many smartphones on the market as possible and ensure availability of advanced wireless Internet connectivity, Google even shares mobile ad revenues with telecommunication companies.
"We are [partnering] with our telecommunications partners. We actually share in the revenue for the ads that show up on the phones. So the advertiser pays us, and then we share it, literally, with the handset and mobile operator. And often we divide between both. And that seems to be the only way to really get money into that system. It's very, very important that the telecom operators have enough capital to continue the build-outs of the so-called 3G and 4G networks," claims Mr. Schmidt.
Google will continue to develop Android and make it more and more advanced going forward. Mr. Schmidt said that this Fall the second generation of Android-based devices will emerge and that will once again demonstrate the importance of cell phones for the search giant. With added focus on smartphones going further, no surprise that Mr. Schmidt recently left the Apple's board of directors.
"Android is many things. First, it's an operating system for a mobile phone. It's particularly powerful because of the way it was built. The software is free, you can extend it, you're not locked into any applications vendor or any network. What we like about Android is its perfect expression of openness. A next generation of [Android-based] phones will be coming out in the fall. They won't necessarily displace other [phones] because they're also doing well. But we will have a significant bet in mobile phones. So from our perspective it looks like Android is going to be a success," said the head of Google.

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SARANAC LAKE – Bob Bevilacqua was endorsed by the town of Harrietstown's Republican and Conservative party caucuses Tuesday night in his re-election bid for town supervisor.
Bevilacqua, who owns Carcuzzi Car Care Center on Lake Flower Avenue, is currently serving a one-year term, which he was elected to following last year's resignation of former supervisor Larry Miller. A full four-year supervisor term will be on the ballot in November.
Bevilacqua defeated Democrat Tom Catillaz last year to win the town's top post. Prior to that, Bevilacqua served as a town councilman from 2007 to 2012.
Harrietstown Republican Committee Chairman Joe Spadaro said no one else expressed interest in running for town supervisor at his party's caucus, which was held in the Harrietstown Town Hall.
Spadaro said four people put in their names for three available town board seats: a pair of four-year terms currently held by Ron Keough and Barry DeFuria, and Bevilacqua's unexpired two-year town council seat, which is currently held by Jim Murnane. The four candidates who had expressed interest were Keough, DeFuria, former Deputy Town Clerk Patricia Meagher and former Franklin County Legislator Gerry Gillmett, who is registered with the Independence Party.
Spadaro said the caucus took a vote, and the endorsements for the three town council positions went to the top three vote getters. Keough and Meagher won the caucus' backing for the two four-year positions, and DeFuria took the endorsement for the two-year post.
The GOP caucus also endorsed town Clerk Patricia Gillmett and Highway Superintendent Craig Donaldson in their re-election bids. There were no candidates interested in running for a four-year town justice position Tuesday night, Spadaro said, so the caucus was recessed until Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. at the town hall "to give us time to find someone."
A total of 42 people attended the GOP caucus, Spadaro said.
The Harrietstown Conservative Caucus, held later Tuesday night, endorsed the same slate of candidates as the Republicans, except for the two-year town council seat, which went to Gerald Gillmett over DeFuria, according to Franklin County Conservative Party Chairman Robert White. No one came forward to run for the town justice position, he said. Only four enrolled Harrietstown Conservatives attended the caucus, White said.
The Harrietstown Democratic Committee will hold its caucus at 7 p.m. Aug. 20 in the Harrietstown Town Hall in Saranac?Lake.


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8 October 1998 Ottawa - As many as 16,000 Canadians are dying prematurely every year from air pollution, and global warning is increasing that toll, according to a new environmental study released today.
The report shows that, per capita, Canadians are now the world's highest consumers of fossil fuels. It was compiled by two medical doctors and an expert on air pollution, commissioned by the David Suzuki Foundation, a non-government organization (NGO) that funds academic research into environmental issues.
"The scientific and medical evidence presented in this report is disturbing and speaks for itself," said Jim Fulton, executive director of the Suzuki Foundation.
He said the report, "Taking our Breath Away: the Health Effects of Air Pollution and Climate Change," proves the links between climate change and air pollution.
The common source of the problem is fossil fuels used by industries, automobiles and home heating, Fulton said.
Canada was described at last year's Kyoto conference on climate change as the second-largest per-capita creator of greenhouse gases. The new report says Canadians have moved into first place in the past year aided by tumbling oil and gas prices since the early 1980s.
"Canada now consumes more energy than the entire continent of Africa. There are now 700 million people in Africa and 30 million people in Canada," Fulton said. "Canadians need to focus on how we can get our legislators to pay attention to this issue and start bringing forward the common sense, logical, economically beneficial and appropriate steps to deal with this problem."
Not only are extreme weather events connected, but "they're connected to declining food security here in Canada and worldwide," Fulton said. "It raises the risks of epidemic diseases, particularly those that are water-borne, and it links those to air pollution to early death, to the connection between climate change and air pollution and fossil fuels."
Fulton said the figure of 16,000 deaths is "just the tip of the iceberg. We can calculate the number per day, the number per week, the number per year, but that masks what's really going on in terms of the health of Canadians, both young and old, those who are coming in contact with large amounts of airborne contamination, as well as those who are getting more of what used to be cal led fresh air."
John Last, senior epidemiologist on the study and former editor of the Canadian Royal College of Surgeon's medical journal which issued a warning last year on climate change, said Canada's government and those of other countries should not ignore the warnings in the report.
"The people at the beginning and the end of the age spectrum are the ones who are most affected. It is a problem that travels across national boundaries, across seas, to every nation on earth," he said. Non-governmental organizations (NGO) applauded the report's findings.
Graham Chance, Chairman of the Canadian Institute of Child Health, said, "the foetus and new-born child is particularly vulnerable to the changes taking place in their environment." Moreover, they have no control over it.
"The fact that this report documents carefully both the data which supports the evidence, and all the evidence that we need to recognize that we are rapidly mortgaging our children's futures.
The fact is that the environment that children live in is their environment, not ours. Young people need this kind of information to challenge adults when they see them destroying the world," he said.
Chance said that Canadians need to stop being "energy gluttons." "People use the excuse that Canada is a cold country. So are the Scandinavian countries. But in places like Norway, people simply put on extra clothes when they are cold, or sleep with more blankets on their bed," Chance said. "Here , if people are cold, they just turn up the heat. This is an awful record. We have nothing to be proud of."
Fred Ruff of the Canadian Public Health Association said the pollution survey is "a very important report. It speaks to many of the underlying issues that public health is concerned about, and we are throwing our full weight behind it.
"They talk about 16,000 deaths and air pollution. What about the increase in asthma rates? What about the increase in school absenteeism? What about the lo ss of productivity of people being away from work? If you talk about the total costs of climate change, not just measured in deaths, illnesses. Disabilities, loss to the health care system, that's how you measure this.
"And you have to look at this globally, holistically," Ruff said.
Judy Leitch, a board member of the Canadian Lung Association, who practices as a respirologist in Ottawa, said, "you can no longer pretend to be able to stop pollution at the borders. The issue was brought home to me personally when I went to Malaysia last year and saw the effects of global warming (such as forest fires and drought). When air pollution and climate change mix, nobody can get away from it," she said.


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Footprint Network Blog - 06/2012
What happens when an infinite-growth economy runs into a finite planet?
Debt boils over. Energy trumps safety. Biodiversity is for sale. And more.
Resource consumption trends put us on an ecological collision course, risking economic and social stability as we bump up against natural limits. Working within nature's budget builds the foundation for securing our future. Read our 2011 Annual Report to learn more.
Competitiveness 2.0: A Q&A with Robert Rapier
Energy expert Robert Rapier, the Chief Technology Officer at Merica International, writes and speaks about issues involving energy and the environment. Merica , a privately held energy company, is involved in a wide variety of projects, with a core focus on the localized use of biomass to energy for the benefit of local populations.
In this second of a two-part series on Competitiveness 2.0, one of Global Footprint Network's strategic programs, the Consumer Energy Report columnist and author of "Power Plays: Energy Options in the Age of Peak Oil" explains below how energy constraints are becoming so central to a nation's competitiveness.
Ecological Limits, Footprint for Finance, Footprint for Government, Footprint Standards
The Future We Want After Rio+20
This is our advice to any national leader: Global collaboration on sustainability would be wonderful. But short of agreements, the risks for each country posed by global resource constraints becomes ever more acute.
In other words, the need for your country to manage your supply of and demand for natural resources becomes more significant in the absence of global agreements and commitments and as global overshoot trends continue unabated. Don't squander your future by waiting for others to act first. Nations ignore the links between resource constraints and their economies at their own peril.
We wish nations would have approached Rio+20 from that spirit. Recognizing that life for them gets easier with an agreement–that agreements are not about giving something up, but about gaining something for all. Because global agreements would make it safer and easier for everybody. And that is what the Rio+20 Earth Summit was supposed to deliver. Yet Rio+20 officially concluded Friday on a whimper, and the 49-page outcome document, The Future We Want, is being met widely with sharp criticism—even "anger and dismay," as the Guardian newspaper put it.
With no concrete timetables, commitments, financing, or new ways to monitor sustainable development goals, many civil society groups and delegates have declared it weak and watered down—at best a collaborative document reaffirming sustainable development goals and future negotiations, pointing vaguely in the right direction; at worst a meaningless piece of paper, a waste of time, a "failure of epic proportions." A Copenhagen 2009 (COP 15) redux, but with more at stake.
Ecological Limits
Global Footprint Network Team on the Ground for Rio+20
The Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro is the place to be this week for those interested in global cooperation for a sustainable future. The Global Footprint Network team has been participating in Rio+20 events for the past two weeks. In particular, President Mathis Wackernagel, Research Scientist and Science Coordinator Kyle Gracey, and Director of External Affairs Kath Delaney have been engaged on the ground advancing our Ecological Footprint work.
We've rounded up a few of the highlights below.
To kick things off, Kyle participated in the Seventh Meeting of the UN Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting (UNCEEA), providing an update on the Ecological Footprint methodology. He then joined Dr. Richard Mattison of Trucost (UK) and Dr. Ashok Kumar Chapagain of WWF-UK in a panel organized by Michael Becker of WWF-Brazil, to clarify for decision-makers the strengths and weaknesses of the "footprint family" of indicators known as Ecological Footprint, Water Footprint and Carbon Footprint.
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New Report Looks at Africa's Fast-Growing Ecological Footprint
Dear Friends
Global Footprint Network congratulates African Development Bank (AfDB) and WWF for The Africa Ecological Footprint Report: Green Infrastructure for Africa's Ecological Security. This benchmark study of the health of Africa's ecosystems and resource trends, which has been covered by Le Monde and other media, reports a decline of nearly 50 percent in Africa's biodiversity in the last four decades, but also offers recommendations on implementing the green economy concept through improved infrastructure investments.
The joint report, backed by Global Footprint Network data, shows that population growth and changing consumption patterns linked to increasing prosperity are causing Africa's total Footprint to increase rapidly.
Indeed, Global Footprint Network estimates that the continent's Ecological Footprint—that is, the population's demand for the resources and services that Earth provides—is expected to double by 2040. Meanwhile, the ability of Africa's ecosystems to meet these demands, or "biocapacity," is unlikely to increase enough to match the growing Footprint.
Global Footprint Network's data show that if current trends continue, Africa's resource demand will outstrip domestic availability by 2015. The continent as a whole would then be in ecological overshoot.
Ecological Footprint and biocapacity per capita trend lines, from 1961 to 2008, show an almost continuous decrease in the availability of natural resources(biocapacity) for everybody. In several countries ( Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, Uganda and Zimbabwe, for example) , the size of the Footprint per person is also decreasing, largely because their ability to access resources is limited by the country's biocapacity and because their financial constraints for importing resources from elsewhere. Without reversing these trends, progress in human development is unlikely to last.
Africa's overall story masks the rich variety of situations and trends of individual countries. As the national Ecological Footprint of countries such as Uganda and Zimbabwe has been growing, population growth has driven down both per capita Footprint size and availability of domestic biocapacity. In short, many countries' total consumption of ecological resources and services has been increasing while their citizens are able to use less and less resources.
Many low-income countries lack the economic ability to cope with the growing need to access external resources, especially as prices reach historical peaks. As they burn through their natural capital to meet current demand, they face an increasingly dire future: a growing demand for resources, less biocapacity to meet this demand, and little financial assets to buy resources from abroad.
In contrast, countries with large financial current account surpluses, such as Nigeria and other oil or mineral exporters, have long run biocapacity deficits but have had the means to import resources. Their ability to use fossil fuel also allows them to use the global atmosphere as a waste sink for the corresponding CO2. But even without considering carbon emissions, this dependency on resources from elsewhere, and the need to sell off one's non-renewable resource stocks, puts these countries' economies at risk if revenues are not used to secure a sustainable future.
Global Footprint Network's data show that access to, and sustainable management of, resources is becoming increasingly critical to a country's economic performance and a key to its future competitiveness. Economic growth in past decades has often been accompanied by increasing resource consumption to levels that are no longer sustainable. Indeed, to maintain their consumption levels, many countries are increasing imports, overusing biological stocks or increasing their dependence on the global commons.
Despite these challenges, there are opportunities for African nations to improve their quality of life, and to do that in lasting ways. Too easily, development that is dependent on resources that are not available gives only short-lived solutions. Global Footprint Network's research in Africa with WWF, UNESCO and other international organizations leaves us confident that there's still time to reverse these destructive trends, so long as nations have the will and the tools to track their progress.
Taking the Ecological Footprint to the Masses
An interactive Ecological Footprint exhibit opened last week in Frankfurt's central train station as part of an effort to educate young people about sustainability and resource trends in advance of the Rio+20 Earth Summit.
The exhibition, called "Your Footprint is the future - TAKE CARE," was organized by the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), a Global Footprint Network partner.
"We went back to the tried and tested Footprint because of its clarity and positive nature," said Rolf Mack, of GIZ. "The Ecological Footprint is the leitmotif of the exhibition."
The central question the Ecological Footprint tries to answer is: How much productive land and sea area is required to provide the ecological resources and services consumed by a particular population? To help make the Footprint pertinent to individuals, the exhibit includes a computer terminal for individuals to calculate their own personal Footprint.
"It's also about encouraging people to adopt other mental and behavioral changes towards a 'sustainable lifestyle,' GIZ said in announcing the exhibit. "As consumers, we have influence. As consumers, we manage demand. Through conscious and deliberate use of sustainably produced goods, we can contribute to improved living conditions for people and natural world, not only here in Germany, but worldwide."
Several events and activities were scheduled during the 2-week display, including short educational films, a hands-on activity addressing food waste, and the opportunity for young people to write messages to be delivered to Rio+20 Summit. The exhibit will be open until June 14.
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Dr. Wackernagel Wins Prestigious Kenneth E. Boulding Award
Dear Supporters,
Global Footprint Network is thrilled to announce that Co-Founder and President Dr. Mathis Wackernagel and Dr. William Rees, co-creators of the Ecological Footprint, have been named the winners of the 2012 Kenneth E. Boulding Award, the world's top honor in the field of ecological economics.
The International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), made the announcement leading up to the Rio+20 Earth Summit, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), in Rio de Janeiro, where the awards will be presented.
The biennial award is given to "outstanding individuals who have contributed original and seminal approaches that have furthered our understanding of the interfaces between the social, ecological, ethical, economic and political dimensions of our world," said the ISEE in announcing the award.
Building on Rees' earlier work on human carrying capacity, Wackernagel and Rees in the early 1990s developed the Ecological Footprint, the world's premier resource accounting system, to track humanity's demands on nature. The Ecological Footprint measures the area of productive land and water, or "biocapacity," required to produce the resources a human population consumes and to absorb its carbon waste.
For the last 10 years, Global Footprint Network has contributed to WWF's bi-annual flagship publication "The Living Planet Report," which has become a key publication for Ecological Footprint results. The 2012 edition was released in May from the International Space Station, generating the largest media response of any Living Planet Report so far. The latest Global Footprint Network calculations show that humanity's demand for bio-resources exceeds the long-term regenerative capacity of Earth by over 50 percent.
"Ever more countries continue to use more resources than they can renew within their own boundaries," Drs. Wackernagel and Rees said. "Until countries begin tracking and managing their biocapacity deficits, they put not only themselves at risk but, more importantly, the entire planet."
The award will be presented at the ISEE Conference 2012 in Rio de Janeiro on June 19, where Wackernagel and Rees will deliver the keynote Boulding Award lectures.
Dr. Wackernagel has promoted sustainability on six continents and lectured at more than 100 universities. Dr. Rees is an ecologist, ecological economist, Founding Director of the One Earth Initiative, Professor Emeritus and former Director of the University of British Columbia's School of Community and Regional Planning.
Kenneth E. Boulding (1910-1993) was President of the American Economics Association and American Association for the Advancement of Science. Past notable recipients include Herman Daly (American economist, considered the father of Ecological Economics) and Manfred Max-Neef, author of Real-Life Economics: Understanding Wealth Creation.
We thank you, our valued partners and supporters, for helping to promote our work around the world, and making awards such as these possible as we continue to make ecological limits central to decision-making.
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Tuesdays With Rita: Family Gardens
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We ate the first tomato from our garden yesterday. So good!ReplyDelete
My grandma had a HUGE garden with all kinds of vegetables and berries. My dad, her son, loves to keep a vegetable garden. That first ripe tomato is prized by all! Last year, we discovered another favorite - kale.ReplyDelete
I must say kudos for keeping all those plants watered in AZ!
My father would grow tomatoes in Illinois. It is one of my fondest childhood memories of him, working in his garden and tending his tomatoes. I tried to grow tomatoes here in AZ and they whithered and died. Your garden is lovely!ReplyDelete
Beautiful garden. You guys can be proud of it.ReplyDelete
your garden is delightful, not easy to have that in this AZ heat. Nothing beats the taste of fresh grown, so eat on. I ate all of my spinach and lettuce and now am done for the summer. Keep it growing!ReplyDelete
No matter what tho, there's nothing like a Jersey tomato!!


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My girlfriend (who I dragged along) and I were talking after the show. She doesn't know much Wings beyond BOTR, Jet and LALD (and was bored by the acoustic set. When I told her there was still an hour to go you should've seen the look I got ). We were talking about Paul's general stage patter and I tried to defend him by saying that it was "goofily charming".
Her response: "you can't be goofily charming with a huge mullet and satin pants".
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4/9/2013 (3 years ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
The life of the early Christian community shows us how to live the newness of life to which the Risen Jesus calls us.
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
4/9/2013 (3 years ago)
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FALL RIVER, MA (Catholic Online). "You must be born from above," Jesus tells Nicodemus in today's Gospel and tells each of us.
Jesus was lifted up on Good Friday like a serpent in the desert and exalted from the dead on Easter Sunday in order, as he informs us, so that we might in fact be born from above and through that grace and a faithful response have eternal life.
That eternal life - the world's greatest offer - is not something that is exclusively a post-mortem retirement prize but something that is experienced, embryonically, right now.
As St. Paul announced to us at the Easter Vigil in the epistle from his Letter to the Romans, through baptism we enter into Christ's death and resurrection so that we might walk in newness of life - in other words, so that we might be born anew from above and experience now a foretaste of that life in its fullness to which baptism and the journey of faith leads.
This Year of Faith is meant to help us precisely to experience this spiritual rebirth by grace from above. It's meant to lead us to experience a resurrection together with Jesus. It's supposed to introduce us here and now into the eternal life of God, which Jesus defined as knowing in a personal way the Father and the Son whom the Father has sent, and abiding in God's life and allowing God to abide in ours.
The reality is that for many Catholics, the Year of Faith and the celebration of its high point - Easter - has left them basically unchanged. The tapers that were ignited by Christ's paschal triumph over the darkness of sin and death have been extinguished. The holy water with which they were sprinkled as a renewal of our baptismal promises and graces has dried up. Their Lenten reforms are part of a distant past.
Rather than experiencing the revolution that happened in the lives of Mary Magdalene, Peter and John, the disciples on the road to Emmaus and doubting Thomas - rather than newness of life and a spiritual renaissance by grace - most have reverted to the "same old, same old" life they had before.
What would the new life Jesus describes to Nicodemus look like? We see several of its markers in today's first reading from the Acts of the Apostles.
St. Luke describes for us several things that marked the new life of Christian faith in the early Church. The Spirit who blows where he wills was breathing into the first Christians a way of life that was so new, realistic, and beautiful that many were busting down the doors of the early Church to enter in order to have a piece of that life.
The first element we see is how familial the early Church was. They were of "one mind and heart." Since they knew they had been raised in Christ, the minds and hearts sought the things that are above. They experienced a real fruit of communion that exceeded unanimity in thoughts and desires; it was so strong that no one claimed any possessions as his own but they had everything in common.
This was not proto-communism, which forcibly takes others goods to distribute them among all. It was totally voluntarily as Christians did what members of any loving family do: they pooled their resources in order to strengthen and family and care for those in most need. Rather than selfishly and suspiciously holding on to their own things and sharing just a portion of their goods, they sold their property and houses and confidently gave the proceeds to the Apostles, trusting that the Holy Spirit would guide the Apostles to distribute those goods to care for the good of the entire spiritual family.
It's hard to overstate the amount of reborn faith such actions entailed. Today, many Christians, even though they profess the theological virtues, place more of their faith, hope and love in money and the pseudo-security that money provides.
The first Christians were impelled not just to share from their surplus but all they had with other not only because of genuine fraternal love but also because they believed Jesus when he taught that they shouldn't worry about food, drink, clothing and shelter because God the Father knows what they need and cares for them more than the birds of the air and the lilies of the field. They had found a treasure buried in a field that relativized all former treasures.
But that was just the beginning of their common, family, risen life of faith. Later St. Luke tells us earlier in the Acts of the Apostles that they were devoted to all form of communion: to the apostles' teaching, to prayer in the Temple and elsewhere, to sharing meals in their homes, and to the Eucharist that was making them one body, one spirit, one mind and one heart in Christ.
St. Luke tells us that this risen life of sacrificial familial love was so attractive that the "Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved." The ancient world had never seen a life like the Christians before. It was rare for people to sacrifice everything even for family members; the Christians were sacrificing everything for those who before baptism may have been complete strangers. The human heart, however, is made for love, and when they saw this type of real love, the love to which Christians are born from above, they were drawn to experience it themselves.
Jesus had once said that in order to enter into his kingdom, we had to become like little children, who trust enough that they're able to share. The "wise and the clever" of the world will tell us that we should never sacrifice because there's no shortage of people, like modern Nigerian email spammers, who are willing to prove us all gullible naÄŹfs and prey on our generosity.
And so we hear the message about being born from above, but we don't really want to die to our present situation to experience that resurrection. We're told about the Spirit blowing where he wills, but we put on our windbreakers rather than lift high our sails. And that's one of the reasons why neither we nor our parish communities experience anything close to what the early Church underwent after Jesus' resurrection.
During this Year of Faith, if it's going to lead as it's intended, to a new evangelization, it's key that we and our Catholic communities become true evangelizing communities who live the newness of life according to the Holy Spirit that is supposed to characterize us. And that requires faith to imitate the early Church, to be "all in," without waiting for everyone else to be all in first.
This is a challenging call, but it's a call that is followed by so many missionaries, priests, religious, consecrated men and women, married couples who intentionally seek to raise a large family and so many who sacrifice everything in response to the Lord who held nothing back to save us.
 "You are the teacher of Israel and you do not understand this?," Jesus provocatively asked Nicodemus. The question for us as disciples is whether we understand the radical nature of the call to newness of life that by his Resurrection and the sending of the Holy Spirit he not only makes possible but summons us to adopt.
Father Roger Landry is pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Fall River, MA and national chaplain of Catholic Voices USA. His homilies and articles are found on catholicpreaching.com.
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The consideration of Jesus' baptism, gives us an opportunity to remember our own baptism. If you do not know the date of your own baptism, it is a good idea to go through your personal files and find out when it occurred. CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (Catholic ... continue reading
By Fr Samuel Medley, SOLT
I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; My face I did not shield from buffets and spitting. HYTHE, KENT, UK (Catholic Online) - I didn't steal any cookies mommy! says a little boy whose mother asked him if he was hungry, wiping the ... continue reading
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The Spirit makes one man a teacher of divine truth, inspires another to prophesy, gives another the power of casting out devils, enables another to interpret holy Scripture. The Spirit strengthens one man's self-control, shows another how to help the poor, teaches ... continue reading
By Deacon Keith Fournier
It is not accidental that the Bible, from beginning to the end, uses marriage as a metaphor and a symbol to reveal the plan of God for the whole human race. Marriage was God's plan from the beginning as we see in the first book of Genesis. Throughout the Old ... continue reading
By Deacon Keith Fournier
"A sower went out to sow. And, as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for ... continue reading
By Michael Terheyden
How we interpret the Bible is of immense importance! It directly affects what we believe about Christ, the Church, and our faith, but it is also related to many of the grave problems in our society and the world. Yet, despite the gravity of this situation, we have good ... continue reading
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We celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. It is one of many opportunities the Catholic Church year offers to each one of us to consider the creature called time, receive it as a gift, and begin to really live our lives differently. This is one of ... continue reading
By Deacon Keith Fournier
On the Solemnity of the Feast of Christ the King, the Sunday which marks both the end of the Church Year and the end of the Year of Faith, inaugurated by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Pope Francis greeted thousands of the faithful and presided over Holy Mass and the ... continue reading
By Father Randy Sly
Becoming a House of Prayer is the best discipline we can take on. St. Ephraem of Syria states that Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy ... continue reading
By Deacon Keith Fournier
If this day you only knew what makes for peace- but now it is hidden from your eyes. For the days are coming upon you when your enemies will raise a palisade against you; they will encircle you and hem you in on all sides. They will smash you to the ground and your ... continue reading


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The next time you watch a feature length film or play a video game, take a close look at the credits. You will notice that there is a large number of Technical Artists and Technical Directors.
Yet, if you try to locate a college that offers a degree for this fast growing job title, you will be hard pressed to find one.
You are in luck — Cogswell College offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Arts Engineering that blends programming and art courses into coherent knowledge sets to prepare students for careers as Technical Artists and Technical Directors. These people are a technically adept and artistically trained visual problem solver. In a video game world they know how the artists and designers want to work and how the programmers want the assets. In the motion picture and animation world, they take on every job that 3D animators and 3D modelers cannot do in addition to pipeline support and tools creation. In fact, there are usually more technical artists on a visual effects team than any other type of artist.
This type of unique problem solver is in increasingly high demand. You can read a recent article on last week's Gamasutra newsletter
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Yeah, Oh Darling! One of my all time faves. Rocky Raccoon. Mom liked that one. Just something different. And those who went to the concert, poo on you. I need some concert pix and NO ONE and I mean NO ONE posted any, that I could see at least.
How the bloody blazes am I going to live vicariously through you concert goers if you don't post any pix?
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CUBRID Coding Conventions
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Need for Coding Convention
- 1.2 Basic Rules
- 1.3 Elements of Coding Conventions
- 1.3.1 Commenting Rules
- 1.3.2 Naming Rules
- 1.3.3 Coding Rules
- 1.4 Terms of Coding Conventions
- 1.4.1 Syntax Terms
- 2. Naming Rules
- 2.1 Common Naming Rules
- 2.2 File Names
- 2.3 Function Names
- 2.4 Variable and Constant Names
- 2.5 Type Names
- 3. Coding Rules
- 3.1 Indentation
- 3.2 Others
- 4. Commenting Rules
- 4.1 Common Rules
- 4.2 How to Write Different Formats of Comments
- 4.3 How to Write Different Usage of Comments
- 5. Rules for Declarations and Definitions
- 5.1 Function Declaration and Writing
- 5.2 Variable Declarations
- 5.3 Common Type Declaration
- 5.4 Constant Declarations
- 6. Rules for Expressions and Statements
- 7. File Configuration and Information
- 7.1 Program Configuration
- 7.2 File Configuration
- 7.3 Header Files
- 7.4 Source Files
- 8. Compatibility
- 9. Security
- 9.1 Assertion
- 10. Other Rules
1. Introduction
This chapter describes the need for CUBRID coding conventions, and elements and terms of coding conventions.
1.1 Need for Coding Convention
A large amount of maintenance cost is required throughout the software lifecycle. In addition, it is unlikely that the original developer of source code continues to maintain it for the whole lifecycle. Therefore, writing the source code in a way a person other than the original developer can understand it quickly and accurately is essential in reducing source code maintenance cost and increasing job efficiency.
With its high readability, source code written according to coding conventions helps developers to understand it quickly and accurately. This also makes easier to share them among project members and possible to produce a consistent source code appearance.
1.2 Basic Rules
Basically, CUBRID adopts "GNU Coding Standards" and "C Style and Coding Standards for SunOS" as its coding guide. It only uses basic features of the C/C++ language (compiler); it is not recommended to use techniques that are not used commonly.
GNU Coding Standards
SunOS Coding Standards
This document describes a part to emphasize or additionally defined rules in the above guide.
1.3 Elements of Coding Conventions
1.3.1 Commenting Rules
Implementation Comment
Implementation comments describe implementation details or additional explanations, not source code specifications.
Documentation Comment
Documentation comments describe source code specifications. Developers can understand source codes through documentation comments.
1.3.2 Naming Rules
Naming rules are used to write names of functions and variables. These names should be descriptive enough to easily tell developers the source code structure.
1.3.3 Coding Rules
Indentation is used to improve the readability of statements; programmers indent a certain amount of spaces from the first column on the left to the column on the right. It shows inclusion relationships between statements and blocks so that developers can easily understand the source code structure
Braces are used to indicate declarations and blocks. They show inclusion relationships between declarations, blocks and body.
White Space
White spaces are used to improve the readability of the source code. Using unnecessary braces or not using them where they are needed decreases the readability.
1.4 Terms of Coding Conventions
1.4.1 Syntax Terms
A variable is a space in memory where the state of an object or data is stored. It is defined by ANSI as follows:
"A character or a set of characters that represents a value for writing a program. It corresponds to an address in computer programming."
An operator is a special symbol which is used to execute operations.
An expression is an arithmetic or logical expression that returns a single value by using variables, operators and function calls.
A statement is a unit of execution, which is represented as an expression or a control flow statement.
A block is an area between a pair of braces. Usually a block contains one or more statements, but it may not contain any in some cases.
Control Flow Statements
A control flow statement is a statement that controls the program flow.
A declaration is used to define names and types of variables/functions, and return values, arguments and bodies of functions.
2.Naming Rules
This chapter describes naming rules.
2.1 Common Naming Rules
A. Using lowercase characters
There are some exceptions, but use lowercase characters for naming.
B. Avoiding the use of single-character names
Single-character names are unable to represent their meaning clearly, thus increase the possibility of errors because it is difficult to remember them. However, single-character names can be used as variable names in iterative statements; it is not recommended to use them if you can define a specific meaning.
C. Using underscores ("_")
Use underscores ("_") to separate words.
D. Choosing words
The choice of words should be consistent as much as possible. For similar words such as add/insert, store/save/put, remove/delete, for example, use one of them consistently.
E. Avoiding use of abbreviations
For file, function, variable and constant names, use full names, not abbreviations. For example, use print_value or initialize_parameters instead of prt_val or init_params. However, commonly-known abbreviations and the ones frequently used as local variable names are allowed.
[Table 2-1] Example of Using Abbreviations
Bad example
prt_val, init_params
Good example
print_value, initialize_parameters
[Table 2-2] Example of Available Abbreviations
Available Abbreviations
min, max
F. Avoiding the use of negative Boolean names
Negative Boolean names represent double negative, making difficult to be understood. Therefore, use positive Boolean names.
[Table 2-3] Example of Using Boolean Names
Bad example
Good example
G. Observing simplicity and clarity
Use simple and clear names for files, functions, variables and constants so that they can represent their roles and purposes. It is recommended to use nouns with adjectives.
H. Observing English Word Order
Observe English word order when you create a name by combining multiple words. The following word order is recommended.
- Verb + Object.
- Subject + Verb + Object
- Subject + Verb
- djective + Noun
More accurate conventions are described in the detailed naming rules for functions and variables.
[Table 2-4] Example of English Word Order
Bad example
Good example
2.2 File Names
A. Using descriptive file names
Use descriptive file names that note the contents of the file.
B. Avoiding the use of duplicate file names
Do not use duplicate file names in the same project.
C. Avoiding the use of special characters
Do not use special characters other than underscores ("_").
D. Using lowercase alphabets
Use lowercase alphabets to create file names; use underscores ("_") between words.
E. Using prefixes
Use sub-system names as prefixes to create file names systematically. However, a prefix is not used for the name of a file which constitutes a common module.
[Table 2-5] Example of File Names
Example of using a prefix
Example of a common module
F. Using unique names
Do not use name that are likely to be duplicated; use unique names.
[Table 2-6] Example of Unique Names
Bad example
Good example
G. File Extension Rules
Comply with the rules described in Chapter 2 of SunOS Guide.
[Table 2-7] File Extension Rules
C source file
Assembly source file
Object file
Header file
Archive library file
C shell source file
Bourne shell source file
ANTLR grammar file
Yacc source file
Lex source file
2.3 Function Names
Use prefix_verb_noun(_suffix) format for a function name. For a prefix, use an abbreviation that represents a corresponding module.
For a function name, use a verb to say what a function does. Start a function name with the "get_" prefix if the function is a get that reads data. Start a function name with the "set_" prefix if the function is a set that sets data. Use a verb such as "is_" or "has_" for a function that returns a Boolean type.
[Table 2-7] Example of Function Names
2.4 Variable and Constant Names
Names of variables and constants have prefix_noun(_suffix) format; adjective or adverb can be used. A compound noun such as noun+noun+noun format can be also used. For a prefix, a module name is used.
A. Global Variable Names
Use an uppercase character only for the first one after a prefix. For example, prm_Parameter_definition. This also applies to static global variables.
B. Local Variable Names
Do not use a prefix and use a simple name. More abbreviations are allowed for local variable names. However, if there are more appropriate ones than a, b, c or i, j, k, use them. For example, use a self-explanatory name that delivers meaning such as first_param. For a pointer variable, use "_p" as a suffix.
C. Constant Names
Use uppercase characters such as PRM_QUERY_CACHE_OPTION for a constant name.
D. Macro Names
As a constant-like global variable, use uppercase characters for a macro name that is defined with #define. However, when defining a constant, it is recommended to use a variable that include "const" rather than using a macro definition.
2.5 Type Names
A. Type, Struct and Enum Names
Use only lowercase characters for type, struct and enum names; only uppercase characters for typedef names. Do not use a suffix such as _t for a type name.
[Table 2-8]Example of Type, Struct, Enum and Typedef Names
typedef SCAN_CODE
struct log_2pc_coordinator
enum log_flush
B. Struct Member Name
Use only lowercase characters; do not use a prefix.
C. Function Parameter Names
Create a function parameter name in the same way as described in Local Variables.
This chapter describes coding rules..
3.Coding Rules
3.1 Indentation
A. Observing tab spacing
Use GNU indent without an option. Note that the indent program does not perfectly process #if/#else/#endif of cpp.
- For indent tool manuals, see the following web site: http://www.gnu.org/software/indent/manual
static bool qdump_print_db_value_array (DB_VALUE ** array_p, int count) { int i; if (array_p == NULL) { return true; } for (i = 0; i < count; i++, array_p++) { if (!qdump_print_db_value (*array_p)) { return false; } fprintf (foutput, "; "); } return true; }
B. Observing indentation of enum definition
When you define an enumeration type value, write each item on a new line with indentatio.
typedef enum { LC_OBJECT = 0, /* Don't know if it is an instance or a class */ LC_CLASS, /* A class */ LC_INSTANCE /* An instance */ } LC_OBJTYPE;
C. Observing indentation of function parameters
When you define a function, if it cannot be defined in a single line because there are too many input parameters, move the last parameter in the line to the next line. Set the indentation of parameters in the next line to the column where the first parameter begins.
static void rop_to_range (RANGE * range, ROP_TYPE left, ROP_TYPE right); static void range_to_rop (ROP_TYPE * left, ROP_TYPE * rightk, RANGE range); static ROP_TYPE compare_val_op (DB_VALUE * val1, ROP_TYPE op1, DB_VALUE * val2, ROP_TYPE op2);
D. Observing indentation of function use parameters
When you define a function, if it cannot be defined in a single line because there are too many input parameters, move the last parameter in the line to the next line. Set the indentation of parameters in the next line to the column where the first parameter begins.
/* check if the two key ranges are mergable */ if (compare_val_op (&curp->key2, cur_op2, &nextp->key1, next_op1) == ROP_LT || compare_val_op (&curp->key1, cur_op1, &nextp->key2, next_op2) == ROP_GT) { /* they are disjoint */ nextp++; next_n++; continue; }
E. Observing indentation of logical expressions
If a condition statement consisting of multiple logical operators, and they cannot be written in a single line, break up the logical expression into multiple lines. Place one logical operator per line, or combine multiple operators based on logical operation order.
If the line break is based on logical operators, indent a line by a tab from the column where the first logical expression started, beginning from the second line.
if ((s_id->direction == S_FORWARD && s_id->position == S_BEFORE) || (!BTREE_END_OF_SCAN (&s_id->s.isid.bt_scan) || s_id->s.isid.indx_info->range_type == R_KEYLIST || s_id->s.isid.indx_info->range_type == R_RANGELIST))
3.2 Others
A. Adding blanks
Place a space between words, before and after an operator, and after punctuation marks (e.g. comma, colon, etc.). However, spacing may not be required when unary operators are used. In addition, the last line should not be blank.
B. Using spaces for blanks
Except for a tab that is created by indentation, use a space for a blank instead of a tab.
C. Priority
When you write an expression, use parentheses to clearly specify the order of operations if multiple operators are used.
a = k * ((b + c) / d);
D. Number of columns
Write source code within 80 columns. If a comment is long, arrange it appropriately (see the Comments section).
E. Blocks
A brace and a control statement must be written on separate lines.
switch (last_scan_p->position) { case S_BEFORE: status = qfile_scan_list_next (thread_p, next_scan_p, next_tuple_p, PEEK); break; case S_ON: do { status = qfile_scan_list_next (thread_p, next_scan_p, next_tuple_p, PEEK); if (status != S_SUCCESS) { break; } error_code = qfile_compare_tuple_helper (last_tuple_p->tpl, next_tuple_p->tpl, types, &cmp); } while (error_code == NO_ERROR && cmp == 0); break; case S_AFTER: default: status = S_END; break; }
4. Commenting Rules
This chapter describes commenting rules.
4.1 Common Rules
Comments are used to improve understanding of source code by providing brief explanation or describing additional information that cannot be delivered just with the code.
A. Basic rules
- All comments must be written in English.
- Simple comments: Complicated comments are difficult to read and to modify, increasing the possibility that improper comments are left as they are. Therefore, write simple comments only with necessary contents.
B. Source code that does not need comments
?Comments are not needed if you can clearly understand only by reading source code.
?Do not write comments about packaging or build. (e.g. directory information to be located)
?Do not write comments about source code developers or revision history. To provide this information, use a logging feature of the configuration management system.
There are three formats of comments: block comments, single-line comments and trailing comments. In terms of usage, there are file comments, function comments, variable comments, etc.
4.2 How to Write Different Formats of Comments
A. Block Comments
This format is used when comments are written in multiple lines. There are two types as shown below.
/* * This comment lines are too long to write within one line. * So, you can choose proper style like this. It is up to you. * GNU indent will not violate this style of comment. */
/* Nonzero means truncate lines in the display; zero means continue them. */
This format with * in every line is used to write comments at the top of the code, such as file comments and function comments.
For comments within the code, start with /*, do not use * when a line changes and end with */ according to the GNU definition. In addition, use the same indentation as the code.
B. Single-line comments
For a single-line comment, write comments in the following format.
/* codes to be used in the module */
C. Trailing Comments
This format is used to add a short comment beside the code.
int trail_file_vdes = 0; /* the trail log file descriptor */
4.3 How to Write Different Usage of Comments
Write comments at the top of the code for declaration and definition (e.g. function, variable and type); write comments at the end of the code for struct members or local variables. Make sure that comments at the end of the code do not go over the next line.
A. File comments
File comments are written in the following format. The copyright statement is followed by the GPL license statement.
/* * Copyright (C) 2008 Search Solution Corporation. All rights reserved by Search Solution. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA * */ /* * list_file.c - Query List File Manager */ #ident "$Id$"
B. Function comments
Function comments are written in the block comment format. The first line describes brief information about a function, and the second line describes a value that the function returns. The third line and the rest lines describe the parameters of the function. Specify in, out, or on/out for each parameter. After the parameter description, add brief information that can help improve understanding of the function.
/* * qfile_copy_list_id - Copy contents of source list_id into destionation list_id * return: NO_ERROR or ER_FAILED * dest_list_id(out): destination list_id * src_list_id(in): source list_id * include_sort_list(in): */ int qfile_copy_list_id (QFILE_LIST_ID * dest_list_id_p, const QFILE_LIST_ID * src_list_id_p, bool is_include_sort_list)
C. Variable comments
Comments are written for static variable declaration in the following format (see the GNU coding guide).
/* Nonsero means truncate lines in the display; zero means continue them. */ int truncate_lines;
D. Type/struct comments
Comments with the format /* … */ are also used for struct, enum and typedef. In addition, write comments for a condition after #else and #endif (see the GNU Standard).
#ifdef foo … #else /* not foo */ … #endif /* not foo */ #ifdef foo #endif /* foo */ #ifndef foo … #else /* foo */ .. #endif /* foo */ #ifndef foo … #endif /* foo */
5. Rules for Declarations and Definitions
This chapter describes functions/variable declarations, common type definitions, initialization and using macros.
5.1 Function Declaration and Writing
For the naming rules of functions and parameters, see Chapter 2. Naming Rules; for the commenting rules, see Chapter 4. Commenting Rules.
- Function naming rules: 2.3 Function Names
- Function parameter naming rules: 2.5 C Function parameters
- Function commenting rules: 4.3 B Function comments
A. Observing simplicity and clarity
Write simple and clear functions. Long functions decrease readability and make maintenance difficult. It is recommended that the length of a function do not exceed 200 lines.
B. Observing the one-task-per-function rule
Implement a function so that it performs only one task. A function performing multiple tasks is difficult to understand because it decreases simplicity and clarity. Non-intuitive functions are likely to generate errors. Therefore, implement a function that performs a single task.
C. Function declaration rules
Do not use old declarations such as INTERFACE, PUBLIC, or PRIVATE; instead, only static and extern should be used. In addition, function declarations must be included in a header file (.h) and source file (.c). Even for a static function, function declaration must be included at the beginning of a source file. Use an appropriate header file in a source file instead of declaring an external function with extern rather than #include.
D. Validating input parameters
Write code that checks the validity of input parameters passed into the function.
E. Parameter declaration rules
Basically, declare function parameters in the order of out, in/out, and in. However, parameters that are frequently used throughout a module and passed like the keyword "this" of C++ (e.g. PT_PARSER parser, etc.) must be located at the beginning. For input parameters, use the const specifier. And use a pointer every place where const is required, such as const char * const in_p.
F. Function return value rules
Basically, create a function that can return an error code. If it is more significant to return a pointer value as void *malloc() or char *strcpy(), create a function that accepts an error code as an output parameter. That is, every function must return an error code in general. Only when a function is clear, it can return 0 or NULL. For example, int (*compar)(const void *, const void *) in qsort() returns a specific value instead of an error code.
Error codes are negative numbers, but NO_ERROR is 0 exceptionally. Basically, an error code means ER_XXXX_XXXX (a global error code) defined in dber.h. If it is necessary to define its own code in a module or function due to a program structure, define the code by using enum in a header file. In this case, use a negative number for an error. If it is not an error, use 0. That is, make the following statement become TRUE in most cases.
if (xx_function() < 0) if (xx_function() != NO_ERROR)
Although an error code is defined as DB_ERROR type, typedef is not used to define it in the code. (NO_ERROR is defined as 0.) Therefore, most functions have int as a return type. If the result of a function is positive number, it is a result of the function. If it is a negative number, it is one of error codes defined in DB_ERROR. If there is a function whose return type is DB_BOOL in the code, change its return type to int and make it return an appropriate error code.
When a function is called, perform an error checking for the result value. Even when the called function always return the same value, you must check the result value if the function is designed to return an error code according to its definition. In addition, checking result values must be performed after calling system functions. Especially, an error checking must be performed for malloc(). And make sure that exceptions are handled appropriately.
5.2 Variable Declarations
For the naming rules of variables, see Chapter 2. Naming Rules; for the commenting rules, see Chapter 4. Commenting Rules.
- Variable naming rules: 2.4 Variable and Constant Names
- Variable commenting rules: 4.3 C Variable comments
5.3 Common Type Declaration
If you want to use typedef for struct/enum, declare typedef first. If names are not specified in struct/enum, process them at once as follows:
typedef enum { FALSE = 0, TRUE = 0 } bool;
5.4 Constant Declarations
Place a constant defined by #define within a block by using parentheses if the constant contains an expression. By doing so, you can prevent operation priority issues. However, #define is replaced during compilation and the name is not displayed in the symbol table, making debugging difficult. Therefore, use enum and const instead of #define when you declare a constant. The first element of enum must be set to 0.
#define MAX_SPEED 256
typedef enum { LC_OBJECT = 0, /* Don't know if it is an instance or a class */ LC_CLASS, /* A class */ LC_INSTANCE /* An instance */ } LC_OBJTYPE;
6. Rules for Expressions and Statements
This chapter describes rules for writing expressions and statements.
These rules correspond to the SunOS Guide (see Chapter 9, Chapter 15, and Chapter 17).
- Chapter 9: Statements
- Chapter 15: Goto
- Chapter 17: Multiple Assignments
This chapter describes how to write file configuration and information.
7. File Configuration and Information
7.1 Program Configuration
These rules correspond to the SunOS Guide.
- Chapter 3 Program Organization
7.2 File Configuration
These rules correspond to the SunOS Guide.
- Chapter 4: File Organization
7.3 Header Files
The structure of the header file (.h) is described below.
1. Copyright statement
2. Comments that describe the file contents, if necessary
3. Include checking with #ifndef
4. #ident line
5. #include other header files (system header first)
6. Repeat the followings in meaningful units
- #define, etc.
- typedef definition
- strcut, enum definition
- extern global variable declaration
- extern function declaration
/* * Copyright (C) 2008 Search Solution Corporation. * All rights reserved by Search Solution. * * This program is free software; * you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,Fifth Floor,Boston,MA 02110-1301 USA * */ /* * hdr.h - Brief description of this file as one sentence * * Note: if you feel the need */ #ifndef _HDR_H_ #define _HDR_H_ #ident "$Id$" /* Explain main concept or logic of your code contained in this file if possible */ #include "other.h" #define DEFINE define typedef strcut record RECORD; /* codes to be used in the module */ enum code { CODE1, CODE2, CODE3 }; /* … */ struct record { int no; size_t size; }; /* … */ extern int hdr_Global_variable; /* … */ extern int hdr_process_line(char *line, int line_no); extern int hrd_end_of_processing(const char *line); #endif _HDR_H_
7.4 Source Files
The structure of the source file (.c) is described below.
1. Copyright statement
2. #ident line
3. Comments that describes the file contents, if necessary
4. #include header file (system header first)
5. You can write the followings in meaning units.
- #define, etc.
- typedef definition
- strcut, enum definition
- static variables definition
- static function declaration
- function definition (execution code)
Here, it is not recommended to place struct far way from a related typedef; declarations must be grouped in the same place. In addition, if there is #define that is only used for a specific function, it can be used at the beginning of the function or within the function.
The following formats used in the old file structure should not be used.
This chapter describes how to implement compatibility.
A. Using compatibility related types
Do not use int instead of size_t or off_t that is available in the C library. If necessary, use int32_t or uint32_t. The recommended basic types are defined in the config.h. The types defined in dbport.h (e.g. DB_INT32 or DB_BOOL) must be used mostly for API.
B. Others
The additional information regarding compatibility corresponds to the SunOS Guide.
- Chapter 20: Portability
9. Security
This chapter describes how to implement security code.
9.1 Assertion
Use assert() appropriately in the code after #include assert.h. Do not use it frequently and try to avoid calling other functions in the assert expression. The most recommended types are as follows:
- Checking whether a parameter of a function is valid
- Warning risks in advance
- Verifying a return value at the end of a function as a unit test
10. Other Rules
This chapter describes other rules to comply with.
- Delete the extern "C" part.
- Do not use inline or register.
- Use volatile only for very sensitive parts.
- After coding, use the GNU indent to align the indentation.
- There must be no warning by compiling with the following option in the gcc:
-all -extra -missing-prototypes -redundant-decls -long-long
- Check the code by using splint if the compiling is successful.