From b5147af0c4ae388e8dc87a962c7d8ccec8f40174 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: roker <roker@noreply.pep.foundation>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2021 16:07:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add first design goals & principles

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-# libpEpDatatypes
+# libpEpDatatypes – A C++ wrapper for the basic C datatypes defined by the pEpEngine.
 
-A C++ wrapper for the basic C datatypes defined by the pEpEngine.
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+## Design goals & principles
+
+* implement move c'tor & operator for cheep moves
+* _Qpen question_: deep copy / shallow copy (with ref couning?) / only explicit copy?
+* always initialize all members. Better safe than sorry.
+* Ownership of the member pointees: rule of thumb: "const" pointees are non-owned, non-const pointees are owned by the data structure. Exceptional cases are documented explicitly.
+
+## API
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