Source Code Style Guide

Source Code Style Guide

Currently there is no complete definition of a style guide for the source code of OpenVAS.

In fact, several styles have been mixed into OpenVAS over the last years, most inherited from the old Nessus times.

However, some rules should always be followed when adding new code or when changing some source code lines anyway. For the rest, it makes sense to be close to the GNU coding style which you will find more or less applied already.

• Indention: Do not use tabulators at all, only regular spaces.
• Indention: Indent with a step of 2 space characters.
• Function definitions: Do not use old K&R style.

Source Code Style Guide