Re: [Bacnet-developers] [Update] Activating BVLC code

[Steve K. <st...@ka...>]

Hello Tom=E1s,

> Did I understand correctly that you prefer the shorter variants? Shall I
> change _DISTRIBUTION_ to _DIST_ consistently -- or only in cases where
> the identifier is longer than 31 chars?

MISRA-C Rule 11 says:
Identifiers (internal and external) shall not rely on
significance of more than 31 characters. Furthermore, the
compiler/linker shall be checked to ensure that 31 character
significance and case sensitivity are supported for external
identifiers.

I would prefer to only make changes in cases where the identifier is
longer than 31 characters and the first 31 characters are identical.

I prefer descriptive (longer) variants (as one can see from the code),
but compilers and standards and screen sizes can be limiting. :-)
Most of the enumerations match exactly the name given in the BACnet
standard since I did a lot of copy-paste from the standard when
creating them.  The only difference is usually the prefix name.

Best Regards,

Steve
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