Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of CodingGuidelines

Timestamp:

Mar 29, 2012, 10:21:37 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

FrederikHeber

Comment:

added style on specific initial values

CodingGuidelines

@@ -99 +99 @@
  return(foo);
 }}}
+
+=== Specific (initial) values of variables === #code-good-bad-limits
+
+In general __all__ variables __always__ have to be initialized (we don't care about the extra tic, even if operating system guarantees zero as default memory value).
+
+If they have to be set to some very small or very big value, use std::numeric_limits
+{{{
+  double smalldouble = std::numeric_limits<double>::min();
+  double largedouble = std::numeric_limits<double>::max();
+}}}
+Also remember that there are also ::infinity() and alikes to set an illegal value which can be checked.