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Chapter 4: Program Behavior for All Programs

This node describes conventions for writing robust software. It also describes general standards for error messages, the command line interface, and how libraries should behave.

  • Semantics Writing robust programs
  • Libraries Library behavior
  • Errors Formatting error messages
  • User Interfaces Standards about interfaces generally
  • Graphical Interfaces Standards for graphical interfaces
  • Command-Line Interfaces Standards for command line interfaces
  • Option Table Table of long options
  • Memory Usage When and how to care about memory needs
  • File Usage Which files to use, and where

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