<p><b>@fniephaus</b> commented on this pull request.</p>

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<p>In <a href="https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/pull/350#discussion_r245498571">CONTRIBUTING.md</a>:</p>
<pre style='color:#555'>> @@ -212,3 +212,30 @@ If you were working on a feature branch, do this:
 
 If your feature branch is ready or you are an external contributor with your own
 fork, use the github web interface to open a pull request.
+
+
+# C Source Code Formatting
+
+When editing an existing file, please be polite and first follow the 
+guidelines below, and secondly follow the general rule of keeping to the 
+same formatting conventions as exist in the file.
+
+
+## C Function Declarations
+
+C function declarations should have the type on one line and the 
+function name and parameters on the following line, e.g.:
+
+```
</pre>
<p>Adding a <em>c</em> to the end of this line should enable C-syntax highlight.</p>

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<p>In <a href="https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/pull/350#discussion_r245498614">CONTRIBUTING.md</a>:</p>
<pre style='color:#555'>> +
+C function declarations should have the type on one line and the 
+function name and parameters on the following line, e.g.:
+
+```
+static int 
+convertCopy(char *from, int fromLen, char *to, int toLen, int term)
+```
+
+This facilitates searching for function definitions by searching for the 
+name at the beginning of the line.
+
+
+## Tabs are 4 spaces
+
+The heading says it all.
</pre>
<p>I'm afraid the title doesn't answer the question <em>when to use</em> spaces/tabs? Are tabs banned?</p>

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