The W3C Reference Library (a.k.a. libwww) is written with a certain house style that almost certainly differs from what you are used to. However, we have our reasons for doing this - well not all of it but most of it! Anyway, the purpose of all W3C code is to be:
Please also have a look at the existing W3C source code - then some of the things below might make more sense. The style guide is divided into sections on