apparently variable naming conventions never got added, document the

prevailing convention.  Thanks to Dave Zarzycki for the patch.

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@137497 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

diff --git a/docs/CodingStandards.html b/docs/CodingStandards.html
index 7f92b9a7cf0b2047f31b095f0a3ff85622b341d3..a96f760e67456d6459bb1659d8b2f3949644e5bc 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/CodingStandards.html
+++ b/docs/CodingStandards.html
@@ -854,8 +854,12 @@ rules:</p>
 
 <ul>
 <li><p><b>Type names</b> (including classes, structs, enums, typedefs, etc)
-  should be nouns and start with an upper-case letter (e.g.
-  <tt>TextFileReader</tt>).</p></li>
+    should be nouns and start with an upper-case letter (e.g.
+    <tt>TextFileReader</tt>).</p></li>
+
+<li><p><b>Variable names</b> should be nouns (as they represent state).  The
+    name should be camel case, and start with an upper case letter (e.g.
+    <tt>Leader</tt> or <tt>Boats</tt>).</p></li>
   
 <li><p><b>Function names</b> should be verb phrases (as they represent
     actions), and command-like function should be imperative.  The name should