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* Make related changes in a single commit, and unrelated changes in separate
commits
* Make sure that your commits do not include any undesired files, e.g. files
* Make sure that your commits do not include any undesired files, e.g., files
produced as part of the build process or other temporary files.
* Use Git's history-rewriting features (i.e. `git rebase -i`; see
* Use Git's history-rewriting features (i.e., `git rebase -i`; see
https://help.github.com/articles/about-git-rebase/) to organize your commits
and squash "fixup" commits and reversions.
* Do not merge your branch with `master`. If needed, you should rebase your branch
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integration tests run using Travis and AppVeyor and resolve any issues that
arise.
* Additional discussion of good Git & Github workflow is provided at
http://matplotlib.org/devel/gitwash/development_workflow.html and https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy-dev/dev/index.html
http://matplotlib.org/devel/gitwash/development_workflow.html and
https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy-1.15.0/dev/gitwash/development_workflow.html
* Cantera is licensed under a [BSD
license](https://github.com/Cantera/cantera/blob/master/License.txt) which
allows others to freely modify the code, and if your Pull Request is accepted,
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* Write comments to explain non-obvious operations
## C++
* All classes, member variables, and methods should have Doxygen-style comments
(e.g. comment lines starting with `//!` or comment blocks starting with `/*!`)
(e.g., comment lines starting with `//!` or comment blocks starting with `/*!`)
* Avoid defining non-trivial functions in header files
* Header files should include an 'include guard'
* Protected and private member variable names are generally prefixed with
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avoid unnecessary increases in compilation time. Boost should not be added
to the public interface unless its existence and use is optional. This keeps
the number of dependencies low for users of Cantera. In these cases,
CANTERA_API_NO_BOOST should be used to conditionally remove Boost dependencies.
`CANTERA_API_NO_BOOST` should be used to conditionally remove Boost dependencies.
* While Cantera does not specifically follow these rules, the following style
guides are useful references for possible style choices and the rationales behind them.
* The Google C++ Style Guide: https://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html
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## Python
* Style generally follows PEP8 (https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/)
* Code in .py files needs to be written to work with both Python 2
and Python 3. Code in Cython files (.pyx or .pxd) should automatically work with both.
* Code in the Python examples should be written for Python 3. Python 2 versions
are automatically generated as part of the build process
* Code in `.py` and `.pyx` files needs to be written to work with Python 3
* The minimum Python version that Cantera supports is Python 3.4, so code should only use features added in Python 3.4 or earlier
* Code in `ctml_writer.py` and `ck2cti.py` needs to be written to work with both Python 2 and Python 3
* Code in the Python examples should be written for Python 3