C++ Coding Standards: 101 Rules, Guidelines, and Best Practices

20. SummaryDiscussionExceptionsReferences...

Short is better than long, flat is better than deep: Excessively long functions and nested code blocks are often caused by failing to give one...

Every function should be a coherent unit of work bearing a suggestive name (see Item 5 and the in Item 70). When a function...

A function might be legitimately long and/or deep when its functionality can't be reasonably refactored into independent subtasks because every potential refactoring would require passing...

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