What do you think?
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Well, since John Simmons got his new TV, he probably will be missing for about two days, but for the rest of you: It has been around two years I think since I have asked this question and I am curious as to if people have changed their minds. Do you use/like the "_" to prefix private members? I personal hate variables prefixed with with _underscores _as _it _can _make _reading _code() _a _pain! In the old days of Assembler and some C code, we lived with it all the time, but I had hoped to never see them again. Now much of the code released by MS has private members prefixed. So, what you think?
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Rocky Moore wrote:
Do you use/like the "_" to prefix private members?
NO! Marc
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Well, since John Simmons got his new TV, he probably will be missing for about two days, but for the rest of you: It has been around two years I think since I have asked this question and I am curious as to if people have changed their minds. Do you use/like the "_" to prefix private members? I personal hate variables prefixed with with _underscores _as _it _can _make _reading _code() _a _pain! In the old days of Assembler and some C code, we lived with it all the time, but I had hoped to never see them again. Now much of the code released by MS has private members prefixed. So, what you think?
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Well, since John Simmons got his new TV, he probably will be missing for about two days, but for the rest of you: It has been around two years I think since I have asked this question and I am curious as to if people have changed their minds. Do you use/like the "_" to prefix private members? I personal hate variables prefixed with with _underscores _as _it _can _make _reading _code() _a _pain! In the old days of Assembler and some C code, we lived with it all the time, but I had hoped to never see them again. Now much of the code released by MS has private members prefixed. So, what you think?
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: SQL Server Express Warnings & Tips Latest Tech Blog Post: Microsoft doing it again!
Rocky Moore wrote:
but I had hoped to never see them again. Now much of the code released by MS has private members prefixed
Well theoretically, you shouldn't be looking at the private members (either fields or functions), unless you are maintaining someone else's code.
Regards, Nish
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Well, since John Simmons got his new TV, he probably will be missing for about two days, but for the rest of you: It has been around two years I think since I have asked this question and I am curious as to if people have changed their minds. Do you use/like the "_" to prefix private members? I personal hate variables prefixed with with _underscores _as _it _can _make _reading _code() _a _pain! In the old days of Assembler and some C code, we lived with it all the time, but I had hoped to never see them again. Now much of the code released by MS has private members prefixed. So, what you think?
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: SQL Server Express Warnings & Tips Latest Tech Blog Post: Microsoft doing it again!
Can't stand _them. Sorry to butt in on this, but this is one thing I truly hate. Isn't this part of or all of the Hungarian notation? Which has historical roots in early programming?
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Rocky Moore wrote:
Do you use/like the "_" to prefix private members?
NO! Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh SmithMarc Clifton wrote:
NO!
I think you mean _NO! :-D
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Rocky Moore wrote:
but I had hoped to never see them again. Now much of the code released by MS has private members prefixed
Well theoretically, you shouldn't be looking at the private members (either fields or functions), unless you are maintaining someone else's code.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
you shouldn't be looking at the private members
It's considered quite rude in my neighborhood.
"...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
you shouldn't be looking at the private members
It's considered quite rude in my neighborhood.
"...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9
:laugh:
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
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Well, since John Simmons got his new TV, he probably will be missing for about two days, but for the rest of you: It has been around two years I think since I have asked this question and I am curious as to if people have changed their minds. Do you use/like the "_" to prefix private members? I personal hate variables prefixed with with _underscores _as _it _can _make _reading _code() _a _pain! In the old days of Assembler and some C code, we lived with it all the time, but I had hoped to never see them again. Now much of the code released by MS has private members prefixed. So, what you think?
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: SQL Server Express Warnings & Tips Latest Tech Blog Post: Microsoft doing it again!
I don't like m_, and I need to use _ in order to write code that is CLS compliant ( because VB sucks ). Having a private variable that has a totally different name to the public property is just untenable.
Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert
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Can't stand _them. Sorry to butt in on this, but this is one thing I truly hate. Isn't this part of or all of the Hungarian notation? Which has historical roots in early programming?
avanwieren wrote:
Isn't this part of or all of the Hungarian notation?
No. m_ is part of hungarian notation, but the main thing is to prefix the type as in m_hwndTheWindowHandle, m_nWindowCount.
Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert
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avanwieren wrote:
Isn't this part of or all of the Hungarian notation?
No. m_ is part of hungarian notation, but the main thing is to prefix the type as in m_hwndTheWindowHandle, m_nWindowCount.
Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert
Christian Graus wrote:
No
Did you mean strNo? :~
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Well, since John Simmons got his new TV, he probably will be missing for about two days, but for the rest of you: It has been around two years I think since I have asked this question and I am curious as to if people have changed their minds. Do you use/like the "_" to prefix private members? I personal hate variables prefixed with with _underscores _as _it _can _make _reading _code() _a _pain! In the old days of Assembler and some C code, we lived with it all the time, but I had hoped to never see them again. Now much of the code released by MS has private members prefixed. So, what you think?
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: SQL Server Express Warnings & Tips Latest Tech Blog Post: Microsoft doing it again!
Rocky Moore wrote:
I personal hate variables prefixed with with _underscores _as _it _can _make _reading _code() _a _pain!
I hate way too many things, but no code conventions are among them :) . Just use whatever the rest of the gang uses.
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Well, since John Simmons got his new TV, he probably will be missing for about two days, but for the rest of you: It has been around two years I think since I have asked this question and I am curious as to if people have changed their minds. Do you use/like the "_" to prefix private members? I personal hate variables prefixed with with _underscores _as _it _can _make _reading _code() _a _pain! In the old days of Assembler and some C code, we lived with it all the time, but I had hoped to never see them again. Now much of the code released by MS has private members prefixed. So, what you think?
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: SQL Server Express Warnings & Tips Latest Tech Blog Post: Microsoft doing it again!
_SomeVariable sucks, but I always use m_SomeVariable, both in C++ (which I fortunately still use) and in C#.
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Christian Graus wrote:
No
Did you mean strNo? :~
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Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert
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Well, since John Simmons got his new TV, he probably will be missing for about two days, but for the rest of you: It has been around two years I think since I have asked this question and I am curious as to if people have changed their minds. Do you use/like the "_" to prefix private members? I personal hate variables prefixed with with _underscores _as _it _can _make _reading _code() _a _pain! In the old days of Assembler and some C code, we lived with it all the time, but I had hoped to never see them again. Now much of the code released by MS has private members prefixed. So, what you think?
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: SQL Server Express Warnings & Tips Latest Tech Blog Post: Microsoft doing it again!
I agree, using _ is just ugly and hard to type. Unfortunatly I'm stuck at a client right now who insists on using it. Reason? Because we've always done it that way :rolleyes:
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
you shouldn't be looking at the private members
It's considered quite rude in my neighborhood.
"...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9
Roger Wright wrote:
It's considered quite rude in my neighborhood.
It is the same here.... perhaps this is a southwest thing?
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Well, since John Simmons got his new TV, he probably will be missing for about two days, but for the rest of you: It has been around two years I think since I have asked this question and I am curious as to if people have changed their minds. Do you use/like the "_" to prefix private members? I personal hate variables prefixed with with _underscores _as _it _can _make _reading _code() _a _pain! In the old days of Assembler and some C code, we lived with it all the time, but I had hoped to never see them again. Now much of the code released by MS has private members prefixed. So, what you think?
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: SQL Server Express Warnings & Tips Latest Tech Blog Post: Microsoft doing it again!
pI vThink aHungarian nNotation vIs iA aWonderful nThing cAnd pEveryone avShould vUse pIt aAll dThe nTime, adNo nMatter pWhat dThe nContext, adEven adWhen vSpeaking.[^]Cheers, Vikram.
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I don't like m_, and I need to use _ in order to write code that is CLS compliant ( because VB sucks ). Having a private variable that has a totally different name to the public property is just untenable.
Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert
As long as you keep it in VB everyone should be happy :)
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: SQL Server Express Warnings & Tips Latest Tech Blog Post: Microsoft doing it again!
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Didn't Josh do that joke above ?
Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert
_SomethingLikeIt
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Well, since John Simmons got his new TV, he probably will be missing for about two days, but for the rest of you: It has been around two years I think since I have asked this question and I am curious as to if people have changed their minds. Do you use/like the "_" to prefix private members? I personal hate variables prefixed with with _underscores _as _it _can _make _reading _code() _a _pain! In the old days of Assembler and some C code, we lived with it all the time, but I had hoped to never see them again. Now much of the code released by MS has private members prefixed. So, what you think?
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: SQL Server Express Warnings & Tips Latest Tech Blog Post: Microsoft doing it again!
Rocky Moore wrote:
Do you use/like the "_" to prefix private members?
IIRC, symbols with a leading _ are reserved for the system. This is for C but probably carried over to C++, although it probably doesn't apply for class members. It'd be dumb to use them, though, quite apart from the fact it looks butt-ugly. I always used to use "m_" for member variables and hated it, until I had an epiphany and saw someone using just "m" (e.g. mMemberVariable). So much nicer :cool:
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Well, since John Simmons got his new TV, he probably will be missing for about two days, but for the rest of you: It has been around two years I think since I have asked this question and I am curious as to if people have changed their minds. Do you use/like the "_" to prefix private members? I personal hate variables prefixed with with _underscores _as _it _can _make _reading _code() _a _pain! In the old days of Assembler and some C code, we lived with it all the time, but I had hoped to never see them again. Now much of the code released by MS has private members prefixed. So, what you think?
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: SQL Server Express Warnings & Tips Latest Tech Blog Post: Microsoft doing it again!
I tend to adapt to the convention of the framework I'm writing it in. For MFC/ATL it was m_. I've been using the VCF recently and most member vars are post fixed with "_", like window_. Took some getting used, to but it actually adds a bit of whitespace, so it almost makes things more readable. If you want to be able to read code like it was a novel, become a member of the Osmosian Order. :laugh::laugh::laugh: (Sorry, couldn't resist) Anyway, the older I get the more whitespace I need to make the code more readable, so I tend to like the underscores. JMHO.
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