Style Guide

Plaso follows the log2timeline style guide.

Plaso specific style points

Tests

• Use the test functions available in the local test_lib.py as much as possible nstead of writing your own test functions. If you think a test function is missing please add it, or mail the developer list to see if you can get someone else to do it.

• Use self.CheckTimestamp for testing timestamp values.

Common test code should be stored in “test library” files, for example. the parser test library is tests/parsers/test_lib.py.

We do this for a few reasons:

• to remove code duplication in “boiler plate” test code;

• to make the tests more uniform in both look-and-feel but also what is tested;

• improve test coverage;

• isolate core functionality from tests to prevent some future core changes affecting the parsers and plugins too much.