doc: Mention Span in developer-notes.md

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Pieter Wuille 2020-06-26 13:47:48 -07:00
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- *Rationale*: Easier to understand what is happening, thus easier to spot mistakes, even for those
that are not language lawyers.
- Use `Span` as function argument when it can operate on any range-like container.
- *Rationale*: Compared to `Foo(const vector<int>&)` this avoids the need for a (potentially expensive)
conversion to vector if the caller happens to have the input stored in another type of container.
However, be aware of the pitfalls documented in [span.h](../src/span.h).
```cpp
void Foo(Span<const int> data);
std::vector<int> vec{1,2,3};
Foo(vec);
```
- Prefer `enum class` (scoped enumerations) over `enum` (traditional enumerations) where possible.
- *Rationale*: Scoped enumerations avoid two potential pitfalls/problems with traditional C++ enumerations: implicit conversions to `int`, and name clashes due to enumerators being exported to the surrounding scope.