source: LMDZ6/trunk/libf/phylmd/ecrad/CONVENTIONS @ 4163

The Fortran conventions that the author of the code in this directory
aspired to are as follows:

 - Module names are prefixed by the static library name, in this case
   "radiation" (no need to suffix by "_mod" since this is always
   obvious from the context)

 - Names of derived types are suffixed by "_type"

 - Implicit none everywhere

 - Logicals are prefixed by "do_", "use_" or "is_"

 - All variables in SI units by default

 - Variables not in SI units have the units in the variable name,
   e.g. pressure_hPa

 - Integers either prefixed by "j" to indicate loop counter, "n" to
   indicate the size of an array dimension, or "i" otherwise.

 - Loop counters should be brief and contain no underscores

 - Integers variables beginning with "n" or "i" should either contain
   no underscores (e.g. "naerosoltypes"), or should have an underscore
   immediately after the "n" or "i" (e.g. "n_aerosol_types"). Thus, a
   variable beginning with "n" or "i" containing an underscore but not
   as its second character need not be an integer (would normally then
   be a real or a derived type), in order to enable real variables
   such as "ice_water_content".

 - All variables and procedure names in lower case using descriptive
   names, and if not too long these will be composed of complete words
   separated by underscores

 - All parameters are in CamelCase, and integer parameters are
   prefixed by "I" or "N"

 - C-style enumerations are treated as integer parameters

 - Variable character strings are suffixed by "_name" or "_str", while
   parameter character strings (in CamelCase) are suffixed by "Name"
   or "Str"

 - Global data included in modules must be constant; any variable data
   must be passed to procedures via dummy arguments

 - Long argument lists avoided by grouping variables thematically into
   derived types

 - Any variable used in a source file should be defined in a comment
   earlier in the source file (if this is not obvious from the
   variable name) including its units if it has them (even if they are
   SI units)

 - All functions and subroutines to be defined in modules and their
   explicit interfaces to be revealed via the "use" command, which
   should use "only".

 - Data are read in at run-time from NetCDF files rather than being
   embedded in the code (e.g. using data statements).

 - Lots of comments!