Update type names and variable prefixes.

1 files changed, 45 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
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 Hacking
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-Like many Windows programs, Episode Browser uses Hungarian notation.
-Following is a list of prefixes commonly used in the code base:
-
- lp	= pointer ("long/far pointer")
- b	= boolean (BOOL, int)
- i	= integer
- siz	= size (size_t)
- h	= handle
- l	= long
- w	= "word" (WPARAM)
- dw	= "double word" (DWORD)
- sz	= zero-terminated string (char *)
- wsz	= ... wide string (wchar_t *)
- tsz	= ... tstring (TCHAR *)
- sm	= ... managed string (std::string)
- wsm	= ... (std::wstring)
- tsm	= ... (std::basic_string<TCHAR>)
+Following is a summary of some coding conventions used in the project.
+
+		      ... HUNGARIAN NOTATION ...
+
+ - p	= pointer
+ - b	= bool, BOOL, int (boolean value)
+ - i	= integer
+ - h	= handle
+ - hX	= X handle (e.g., hWnd = HWND)
+ - l	= long, LPARAM
+ - w	= WORD, WPARAM
+ - dw	= DWORD
+ - lvi	= LVITEM
+ - sz	= unmangaged, zero-terminated string (char *)
+ - wsz	= ... wide string (wchar_t *)
+ - tsz	= ... tstring (TCHAR *)
+ - str	= ... managed string (std::string)
+ - wstr	= ... (std::wstring)
+ - tstr	= ... (std::basic_string<TCHAR>)
+
+			    ... TYPES ...
+
+Here are some general guidelines for choosing what types to use:
+
+1) Don't use Windows-specific types that "hide" pointers.
+2) Where there is a Windows-specific type with the same name and
+   function as a standard type (e.g., CHAR = char), prefer the
+   standard type.
+3) Otherwise, prefer the Windows-specific type when interacting with
+   the Windows API.
+
+For example, prefer...
+
+ - char*		over LPSTR
+ - char const*		over LPCSTR
+ - LVITEM*		over LPLVITEM
+ - int			over INT
+ - DWORD		over unsigned long
+			(when interacting with the Windows API)
+
+Note...
+
+ - that the second rule above does not apply to BOOL, which should not
+   be replaced with bool, as BOOL is an integer that may have other
+   values than 1 and 0.