Your program must compile without errors [Compile error: 100 points]
| A program that does not compile without errors automatically receives a grade of 0. |
Your program should compile without warnings [Warnings: 1-7 points]
| Avoid compiler warnings. They usually tell you about an important issue with your program. Since I will compile with warnings turned on, you should also turn them on. That you chose not to request warnings is not an excuse for ignoring them. |
The main function should return a result. [Main return: 1 point]
| Main returns 0 if all went well and nonzero if there was an error. |
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Avoid unnecessary complication in algorithms. Do not
use an algorithm that is long and difficult to
understand where there is a much simpler algorithm.
Do not use unnecessarily complicated coding. For example, suppose that you need an integer variable numSlots, initially 0. A sensible way to do that is as follows. int numSlots = 0;An unnecessarily complicated way is as follows. int* numSlots = new int; *numSlots = 0; |
Do not include prototypes for functions that are not exported in header files. [Advertise private: 1 point]
| If a module has a well-defined interface, do not unnecessarily add information to its header file that is not part of the interface. |
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Do not unnecessarily duplicate sequences of code that
are more than two lines long. Use a function.
Do not write a statement in both branches of an if-statement where it would be more sensible to write it either before or after the if-statement. |
Do not use instance methods or static methods. [Instance method: 1-6 points]
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Do not use classes or create instance methods or static methods
within a structure definition. Constructors in structure definitions
are allowed.
This course is concerned mainly with physical data structures, although it also covers an introduction to abstract data types. Object-oriented programming is covered in CSCI 3310. Since we cannot take the time in this course to discuss object-oriented programming, and students who have attempted to use it have almost always used it incorrectly, do not try to use object-oriented programming. |