Your program should compile without warnings [WARNINGS: 1-3 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. |
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. |
| Do not unnecessarily duplicate sequences of code that are more than two lines long. Use a function. |
End the last line of output. [EOL-AT-END-OF-OUTPUT: 1 point]
| Your program should write an end-of-line at the end of what it writes. |
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. |
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. |