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Identifier Naming

The identifier naming conventions include:

Variables, functions, parameters and struct fields beginning with lower-case, then upper and lower-case mixed. N_sapCreate and sapAddr are examples of function and parameter identifiers in the following example. "N_" in "N_sapCreate" is a module prefix and is not subject to this convention.
```
    N_SapDesc
    N_sapCreate(sapAddr)
    N_SapAddr *sapAddr;
```
Typedefs, struct/Union/enum tags named with upper-case groups. Beginning with upper case, then lower and upper-case mixed:
```
    String, struct N_SapAddr
```
#define and enumerated constants named with upper-case letters:
```
    FALSE, MAXLENGTH
```
Identifiers exported by a module prefix followed by an '_'. The module prefix can be 1 to 4 letters long.
```
    QU_init, TMR_Desc, N_SAPLENGTH
```

The layout of expressions and statements follow those in the book written by Kernighan and Ritchie entitled "The C Programming Language".

The few simple conventions mentioned above are adequate for describing the basic guide lines. The following section describe in more detail the naming conventions followed and the rationale behind it.