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FACTORIO STDLIB STYLE GUIDE
- 4 Space Tabs
- Empty line at the end of every file
- Strings surounded with single quotes
'string'
- Everything must be local (with very few exceptions)
- Require path strings use / and not .
OK
require('stdlib/core')
NO require('stdlib.core')
- Functions being passed a single string should be enclosed with parens ()
OK
func('string')
NO func 'string'
- Functions being passed an annonymous table as the only argument should omit the ()
OK
func {} or func{}
NO Func ({})
- All public facing functions should have tests
- All public facing functions should have ldoc formatted comments
- Class names use
PascalCase
- Members and local variables use
snake_case
- Constant variables should be ‘ALLCAPS’
- Factorio object variables should resemble their api class
local surface = game.surfaces[1]