Re: [Mingw-users] coding practices

[Greg C. <chi...@mi...>]

"Henning, Brian" wrote:
> 
> I am new to using cpp and I was wondering someone could
> make a comment or two on my coding practices. Is it good
> practice to pass args the same as c? how about exiting the
> program?
> 
> #include <iostream>
> 
> using namespace std;
> 
> int main( int argc, char *argv[] ) {
>     if( argc != 2 ) {
>         cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " <arg>" << endl;
>         exit(1);
>     }
> 
>     cout << arv[1] << endl;
>     return 0;
> }

Best C++ coding guidelines anywhere:

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/boost/boost/more/Attic/coding_guidelines.html?rev=1.1.2.5

Also see

  http://www.comeaucomputing.com/techtalk/

which discusses technical issues (e.g. see its sixth
and eight points) but doesn't really give a stylistic
recommendation.

Best place for this question is really a newsgroup like:

  alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++

where it's more on topic.