IBM's International Classes for Unicode Code Conventions

• No "bare" types
• 
  -- int8_t, int16_t, etc.
  -- UChar, UTextOffset
• Pass-in, Pass-out Idiom
• 
  -- pass in: output parameter to be filled in
  -- return: the output parameter to enable chaining
  example: uniString.removeBetween(2,3).toUpper();
• Error Handling
• Const
• Naming Conventions

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