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5959 ```
6060 Note that the ` \file ` tag must be immediately followed by a newline in order
6161 for Doxygen to relate the comment to the current file.
62- - Each function should be preceded by a Doxygen comment describing that
63- function. The format should match the [ LLVM
62+ - Each class, member variable and function should be preceded by a Doxygen
63+ comment describing it when it is not immediately obvious what it does. The
64+ format should match the [ LLVM
6465 guidelines] ( http://llvm.org/docs/CodingStandards.html#doxygen-use-in-documentation-comments ) ,
65- with one extension: ` \param ` and ` \return ` comments longer than a single line
66- should have subsequent lines indented by two spaces, so that the tags stand
67- out. An example:
66+ with one extension: for functions, ` \param ` and ` \return ` comments longer than
67+ a single line should have subsequent lines indented by two spaces, so that the
68+ tags stand out. An example:
6869 ``` c++
6970 // / This sentence, until the first dot followed by whitespace, becomes
7071 // / the brief description. More detailed text follows. Feel free to
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9394- Use #ifdef DEBUG to guard debug code
9495
9596# Naming
97+ - Identifiers should make clear the purpose of the thing they are naming.
9698- Identifiers may use the characters `[a-z0-9_]` and should start with a
9799 lower-case letter (parameters in constructors may start with `_`).
98100- Omit names of parameters or exception objects when they are not used. If
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