Intel Extensible Firmware Interface - Manual (Page 40)

Extensible Firmware Interface Specification
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1.8.5 Pseudo-Code Conventions
Pseudo code is presented to describe algorithms in a more concise form. None of the algorithms in
this document are intended to be compiled directly. The code is presented at a level corresponding
to the surrounding text.
In describing variables, a list is an unordered collection of homogeneous objects. A queue is an
ordered list of homogeneous objects. Unless otherwise noted, the ordering is assumed to be FIFO.
Pseudo code is presented in a C-like format, using C conventions where appropriate. The coding
style, particularly the indentation style, is used for readability and does not necessarily comply with
an implementation of the EFI Specification.
1.8.6 Typographic Conventions
This document uses the typographic and illustrative conventions described below:
Plain text The normal text typeface is used for the vast majority of the
descriptive text in a specification.
Plain text (blue) In the electronic version of this specification, any plain text
underlined and in blue indicates an active link to the cross-reference.
Bold In text, a Bold typeface identifies a processor register name. In other
instances, a Bold typeface can be used as a running head within a
paragraph.
Italic In text, an Italic typeface can be used as emphasis to introduce a new
term or to indicate a manual or specification name.
BOLD Monospace Computer code, example code segments, and all prototype code
segments use a
BOLD Monospace typeface with a dark red color.
These code listings normally appear in one or more separate
paragraphs, though words or segments can also be embedded in a
normal text paragraph.
BOLD Monospace In the electronic version of this specification, words in a BOLD
Monospace typeface that is underlined and in a dark red color
indicate an active hyperlink to the definition for that function or type
definition. Click on the word to follow the hyperlink.
NOTE
Due to management and file size considerations, only the first occurrence of the reference on each
page is an active link. Subsequent references on the same page will not be actively linked to the
definition and will use the standard, nonunderlined
BOLD Monospace typeface. Find the first
instance of the name (in the underlined BOLD Monospace typeface) on the page and click on the
word to jump to the function or type definition.
Italic Monospace In code or in text, words in Italic Monospace indicate
placeholder names for variable information that must be supplied
(i.e., arguments).