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[[Category:Coding Standards]]
==Language consideration==
*  Do not put a blank line between
:* '''create''' and creation instructions
:* '''inherit''' and parent clauses
* Do not use assertion clauses without tag names.

==Style==
*  If instructions:
<e>if expr1 then
    ...
elseif expr2 then
    ...
else
    ...
end</e>

If expressions are very long:
<e>if
    expr1
then
    ...
end</e>

* Loop instructions:
<e>from
    ...
until
    ...
loop
    ...
end</e>

* Inspect instructions:
<e>inspect expr
when val1 then ....
else
    ...
end</e>

or

<e>inspect
    expr
when val1 then
    ...
else
    ...
end</e>

* For ponctuations, we always have a space before '''(''' and a space after ''')''', ''',''', ''':''', or ''';''':
<e>require
   a_tag: query (a, b, c) or other_query (c, d)
local
   i: INTEGER; j: INTEGER</e>