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Helper functions in the project? (all 4)

9:55am Wed 22nd May, ANONYMOUS

The project brief mentions

'you may also write whatever “helper functions” you wish.'

I was wondering if we were required to write up Doxygen-processable comments for these helper functions or if it is only needed for the cli function.

Helper functions in the project? (all 4)

10:04am Wed 22nd May, Arran S.

This is already answered in the project specification. Removing.

ANONYMOUS wrote:

Hi, I was just wondering if we are allowed to use and include helper functions in our program? I want to include some helper programs to make my code look neater especially in the cli function if possible.

Helper functions in the project? (all 4)

10:11am Wed 22nd May, Arran S.

Hi,

The cli function is the only one you're required to write a Doxygen-processable documentation block for. API documentation is essential for any public-facing function, and cli is one of those.

For helper functions: even though these are internal, it's still good practice to give any function at least some sort of comment explaining what it does - you'll need to make a judgement call about how much detail is warranted. e.g. For very simple functions, maybe a line or two is enough.

Does that clarify things?

Cheers

Arran

ANONYMOUS wrote:

The project brief mentions

'you may also write whatever “helper functions” you wish.'

I was wondering if we were required to write up Doxygen-processable comments for these helper functions or if it is only needed for the cli function.

Helper functions in the project? (all 4)

11:28am Wed 22nd May, ANONYMOUS

Yes, thank you!

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