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+Leon Coding Guidelines
+======================
+
+Here are a few coding guidelines that should be followed when introducing new
+code into Leon. Existing code that do not meet these guidelines should eventually
+be fixed.
+
+Development
+-----------
+
+
+
+Tests
+-----