HP Integrity NonStop H-Series - Manual (Page 20)

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Conventions
We use distinctinve fonts for class_names and function_names() When we wish to refer to a
function name or algorithm name but not draw attention to the arguments, we will follow the
function name with an empty pair of parentheses. We do this even when the actual function
invocation requires additional arguments. We have used the term algorithm to refer to the
functions in the generic algorithms portion of the standard library, so as to avoid confusion with
member functions, argument functions, and functions defined by the programmer. Note that
both class names and function names in the standard library follow the convention of using an
underline character as a separator. Throughout the text, examples and file names are printed in
the same courier font used for function names.
In the text, it is common to omit printing the class name in the distinctive font after it has been
introduced. This is intended to make the appearance of the text less visually disruptive.
However, we return to the distinctive font to make a distinction between several different
possibilities, as for example between the classes
vector and list used as containers in
constructing a stack .