my_notation.h

//my_notation:
//I capitalize all class names.
// _p = pointer
// _h = handle
//I sometimes use:
//pstr ending               for Pascal string (like Str255) (unsigned char *) or LStr255
//cstr ending               for C string (char *) or STRINGY
//buf_p                     indeterminate sex (either C or Pascal)

//global variables(often prototyped with extern):  no distiguishing mark or g_
//constants (defined with "const" or "define"): no distiguishing mark or k_

#pragma once

#define VOID      void
//#define INT       int 
    //I won't use int
#define SHORT     short     //16bits
#define LONG      long      //32bits
typedef unsigned short  USHORT;    
typedef unsigned long   ULONG;     
#define CHAR      char      //8bits
#define FLOAT     float     //32bits

//according to Universal Headers/Types.h
//double                64bits
//double_t=extended, fastest
//68K:                  80 bits
//68K with 68881 on:    96 bits
//PowerPC:              64 bits

#define DOUBLE64  double

//can't use double_t due to a bug in MSL def of polar()
#define     DOUBLE      double


#define COMPLEX   std::complex<DOUBLE>


//according to Universal Headers/Types.h
//old : Boolean = unsigned char (8 bits)
//new : Boolean = bool = its own type, still 8 bits
#define BOOLEAN   Boolean

#define STREAMBUF streambuf
#define IOS       ios
#define OSTREAM   ostream
#define ISTREAM   istream
#define IOSTREAM  iostream
#define IFSTREAM  ifstream
#define OFSTREAM  ofstream


// 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse (War, Famine, Plague, Death), 
// Also 4: constructors (with various combinations of 
// data-member inputs), copy constructor, destructor and assigner (=).