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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2019-03-12 09:32:22 -0400 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2019-03-13 09:27:29 -0400 |
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diff --git a/doc/HACKING/HelpfulTools.md b/doc/HACKING/HelpfulTools.md index d499238526..cba57e875d 100644 --- a/doc/HACKING/HelpfulTools.md +++ b/doc/HACKING/HelpfulTools.md @@ -371,3 +371,18 @@ source code. Here's how to use it: 6. See the Doxygen manual for more information; this summary just scratches the surface. + +Style and best-pratices checking +-------------------------------- + +We use scripts to check for various problems in the formatting and style +of our source code. The "check-spaces" test detects a bunch of violations +of our coding style on the local level. The "check-best-practices" test +looks for violations of some of our complexity guidelines. + +You can tell the tool about exceptions to the complexity guidelines via its +exceptions file (scripts/maint/practracker/exceptions.txt). But before you +do this, consider whether you shouldn't fix the underlying problem. Maybe +that file really _is_ too big. Maybe that function really _is_ doing too +much. (On the other hand, for stable release series, it is sometimes better +to leave things unrefactored.) |