Developer Manual

The developer manual is primarily aimed at CGAL developers, but may also be interesting to any CGAL user.

• Introduction
• Coding Conventions
• Geometry Kernels
• Traits Classes
• Checks: Pre- and Postconditions, Assertions, and Warnings
• Reference Counting and Handle Types
• Memory Management
• Namespaces
• Multithreading
• Polymorphic Return Types
• Iterators, Circulators and Handles
• Robustness Issues
• Portability Issues
• Debugging Tips
• Running a Testsuite Locally
• Editorial Board
• Recommended Reading
• Creating a CMake Script for a Program Using CGAL
• Deprecation Notice
• Doxygen_for_CGAL