** ** Source tree organization ** ****************************************************** There is 4 projects in the tree: - GROS: no fancy name yet (low-level toolbox: logging, datatypes). - GRAS: Grid Reality And Simulation (message passing API with two implementations allowing to compile programs on top of the simulator or for the real life without code modification) - SURF: Server for the Use of Resource Fictions (the simulator used in GRAS and more) - AMOK: Advanced Metacomputing Overlay Kit (high level toolbox; Grid application elements such as distributed database, topology discovery service, and so on) They are all in the same tree because GRAS depends on SURF which depends on GRAS (that's the only cycle here, we're not *that* vicious). The tree is not splited on projects, but on file finality: include/ -> all *public* headers include/gros/*.h -> one file per module include/gros.h -> file including all modules headers (same for gras, surf and amok instead of gros) src/Makefile.am -> main makefile. All projects should fit in only one library (I mean 2, RL+SG), which is compiled here. Since all object.o files are placed here, you should choose the name of c files carfully to avoid conflict. src/gras/DataDesc -> typical project module src/gras/DataDesc/datadesc_interface.h -> visible to any GRAS modules; masked to the user and GROS/AMOK/SURF src/gras/DataDesc/datadesc_private.h -> visible only from this module So, the modules have 3 levels of publicity for their interface. Private, internal to GRAS, public. Of course, I try to keep as much stuff private as possible. testsuite/ -> The more test the better. Same organization than src/ and include/ Tests are allowed to load some headers of the module they test. All tests should be listed in run_test.in so that they get run on 'make check'. They are not listed directly in the check_PROGRAMS part of the makefile because run_test knows about the gras logging features and relaunch with full details the failed tests. examples/ -> Supposed to be copy/pastable by the user, so keep it clear and avoid any kind of trick. In particular, do only include the public headers here. ** ** Random bits about coding standards and portability ** ***************************************************** MALLOC: You must cast the result of malloc on AIX. It's even better to use gras_new when possible. SIZE_T If possible, avoid size_t and use unsigned long instead. If not, #include in all files manipulating size_t do cast it to unsigned long before printing (and use %lu) PRINTF pointer difference printf ("diff = %ld\n", (long) (pointer2 - pointer1));