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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 003393ed16..ad0e1905a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive): hopefully nobody starts using "local" before they are reimplemented in C ;-) + - Use octal escape sequences (e.g. "\302\242"), not hexadecimal (e.g. + "\xc2\xa2") in printf format strings, since hexadecimal escape + sequences are not portable. + For C programs: @@ -687,7 +691,7 @@ Writing Documentation: Do: [-q | --quiet] Don't: [-q|--quiet] - Don't use spacing around "|" tokens when they're used to seperate the + Don't use spacing around "|" tokens when they're used to separate the alternate arguments of an option: Do: --track[=(direct|inherit)] Don't: --track[=(direct | inherit)] |