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# Code style
- Formatting nitty-gritty is handled by clang-format/clang-tidy (run `make
- format` in the root folder of this repository to format all sources files)
+ format` or `make lint`)
- <details><summary>
ASCII only
</summary><table><tr><th>Good</th><th>Bad</th></tr><tr><td>
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resolving merge conflicts when multiple sources were added by different
people to the same CMakeLists.txt easier.
+## GoogleTest-specific
+
+- Unit tests are not *required* to follow all code standards
+- <details><summary>
+ Private/protected members may be accessed using preprocessor tricks
+ </summary>
+
+ ```cpp
+ // include unrelated headers before
+
+ #define private public
+ #define protected public
+
+ // headers included after *will* be affected
+ ```
+ </details>
+- Each test source file defines tests within a single test suite (first
+ parameter of `TEST()` / `TEST_F()` macro)
+- Test source files match their suite name (or test fixture name in the case of
+ tests that use a fixture)
+
# Structure
- Files are placed in the appropriate directory: