.. include:: custom_tools.txt

.. _appendix b:
.. _change log:

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Appendix B --- Change Log
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:Updated 2024-11-06:  Broke down original document into chapters.
:Updated 2024-10-24:  Added summary of naming in general:  functions, commands and variables.
                      Added commenting priorities.
                      Converted to reStructuredText.
:Updated 2024-05-23:  Added '4b' as variable type prefix for 4-bit array types.
:Updated 2024-05-17:  Added memory name prefix for variables that are defined
                      as __attribute__((coherent)) (a.k.a. CACHE_ALIGN).  Also
                      added reminders about exceptions to variable-naming rules.
:Updated 2024-04-10:  Added example of missing braces on an IF statement causing
                      dangerously ambiguous code.
:Updated 2024-03-19:  Adding item 23 in the Quickstart Rules section.
                      Also added guidance on using back-quotes in comments.
:Updated 2024-03-15:  Added overall sourcecode patterns where functions at
                      the bottom of a source code file, which in turn call
                      functions above them, with utility functions and
                      queries mostly occurring at the top.
:Updated 2023-08-31:  Merged some standards with LVGL coding style.  These were already being
                      used, but had not been stated explicitly yet.
:Updated 2021-03-10:  Added quickstart rules for Embedded C Systems, and supplemented rules with
                      some rules that have been in use for some time, but not written down yet.
:Updated 2021-03-06:  Review/update/refinement.
:Updated 2021-03-05:  Added introductory/orientation material.  Moved DbC details to Appendix A.
:Updated 2021-02-24:  Added .NET namespace coding guidelines.
:Updated 2020-07-09:  Added link to Wikipedia article on refactoring with first use of the term.
:Updated 2018-03-15:  Added 'v' and 'q' type prefixes for Vector and Queue respectively.
:Updated 2017-12-06:  Added "Senior Policy" section below "Impetus" section.
:Updated 2017-06-28:  Clarification on enumeration differences between C and VB.NET.
:Updated 2017-06-12:  Added VB.NET Coding Guidelines
:Updated 2016-12-14:
:Updated 2016-05-16:  Doxygen Support in Documentation
:Updated 2016-05-04:
:Updated 2015-11-25:
:Updated 2012-11-28: