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  • N Nemanja Trifunovic

    Why most programmers (at least Windows and Java programmers) use this horrible notation? It is both hard to write and hard to read:

    GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

    With undrescores it is at least easy to read if not to write:

    get_my_precious_data_from_an_XML_file()

    And of course, there is always a way to make it easy to write but hard to read:

    getmypreciousdatafromanXMLfile()

    Lispers have the best of both worlds (well, except for the parentheses):

    (get-my-precious-data-from-an-XML-file)

    I feel better now - feel free to vote me down :)

    Programming Blog utf8-cpp

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    Rajesh R Subramanian
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    Things like these are a matter of personal preference. Talking about code formatting, I call people who do this a rogue:

    void MyMagicFunc(LPVOID pParams){

    if(!pParams){
    HandleError();
    }

    //stuff goes here
    }

    I much prefer this instead:

    void MyMagicFunc(LPVOID pParams)
    {
    if(!pParams)
    {
    HandleError();
    }

    //stuff goes here
    }

    But, I'm well prepared to be called a rogue by those who don't like my style, as everyone may not like the same way of doing things. :) [ADDED] Just noticed the camel casing in my post. [/ADDED]

    It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

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    • N Nemanja Trifunovic

      Jim Crafton wrote:

      Slow day?

      On the contrary - a busy day and I need to vent :)

      Jim Crafton wrote:

      That makes my stomach churn. For no other reason that typing the underscore is a PITA. I find camel casing more aesthetically pleasing, at least to my eyes

      Do I see a contradiction here? It makes your stomach churn for no other reason than typing, and then you say you find camel casing more aesthetically pleasing? Anyway, I can't argue with the "aesthetically pleasing" part, but it is equally hard to type.

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      Jim Crafton
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      Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

      Do I see a contradiction here?

      But of course! This is all completely subjective, except for the fact that I'm right and you're wrong, VIM sucks, and using the underscore as you're proposing will undoubtedly lead to the end of the Union, and a take over of the State by leftist-grave-robbing-breast-feeding-thumb-sucking-whiner-socialists.

      ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! VCF Blog Just Say No to Web 2 Point Oh

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      • N Nemanja Trifunovic

        Steve_Harris wrote:

        As you have to press Shift to get an underscore, I'd say about the same.

        Exactly - which is why I said that underscores are easy to read but hard to write.

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        Russell Jones
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        underscores overstretch my right little finger though and i wouldn't want to get RSI from continually typing underscores or hyphens

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        • J Jim Crafton

          Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

          Do I see a contradiction here?

          But of course! This is all completely subjective, except for the fact that I'm right and you're wrong, VIM sucks, and using the underscore as you're proposing will undoubtedly lead to the end of the Union, and a take over of the State by leftist-grave-robbing-breast-feeding-thumb-sucking-whiner-socialists.

          ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! VCF Blog Just Say No to Web 2 Point Oh

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          Nemanja Trifunovic
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          Jim Crafton wrote:

          using the underscore as you're proposing

          See - you got it all wrong - I am not proposing using the underscore, but switching to Lisp.

          Jim Crafton wrote:

          VIM sucks

          OK sir, this is getting personal now. You can have an opinion on camel casing, but don't bad mouth The Editor.

          Programming Blog utf8-cpp

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          • N Nemanja Trifunovic

            Why most programmers (at least Windows and Java programmers) use this horrible notation? It is both hard to write and hard to read:

            GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

            With undrescores it is at least easy to read if not to write:

            get_my_precious_data_from_an_XML_file()

            And of course, there is always a way to make it easy to write but hard to read:

            getmypreciousdatafromanXMLfile()

            Lispers have the best of both worlds (well, except for the parentheses):

            (get-my-precious-data-from-an-XML-file)

            I feel better now - feel free to vote me down :)

            Programming Blog utf8-cpp

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            Nish Nishant
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            Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

            GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

            I find this to be quite readable.

            Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

            get_my_precious_data_from_an_XML_file()

            On the other hand, this I find to be ugly and slightly harder to read. My brain is auto-wired to recognize a new word when it sees an upper case letter, but with an underscore not so much.

            Regards, Nish


            Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
            My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link

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            • N Nemanja Trifunovic

              Why most programmers (at least Windows and Java programmers) use this horrible notation? It is both hard to write and hard to read:

              GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

              With undrescores it is at least easy to read if not to write:

              get_my_precious_data_from_an_XML_file()

              And of course, there is always a way to make it easy to write but hard to read:

              getmypreciousdatafromanXMLfile()

              Lispers have the best of both worlds (well, except for the parentheses):

              (get-my-precious-data-from-an-XML-file)

              I feel better now - feel free to vote me down :)

              Programming Blog utf8-cpp

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              Jim SS
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              What is all this camel case, pascal case, underscores. I don't need any of them if keep my variables to 6 characters (1 character is preferred). ;P p.s. see my signature

              SS => Qualified in Submarines "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". Winston Churchill "Real programmers can write Fortran in any language". Unknown

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              • J Jim SS

                What is all this camel case, pascal case, underscores. I don't need any of them if keep my variables to 6 characters (1 character is preferred). ;P p.s. see my signature

                SS => Qualified in Submarines "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". Winston Churchill "Real programmers can write Fortran in any language". Unknown

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                Christopher Duncan
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                Jim (SS) wrote:

                "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". Winston Churchill

                If I could choose only one person in history to have a few drinks with...

                Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com

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                • R Russell Jones

                  underscores overstretch my right little finger though and i wouldn't want to get RSI from continually typing underscores or hyphens

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                  bulg
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                  Russell Jones wrote:

                  underscores overstretch my right little finger though and i wouldn't want to get RSI from continually typing underscores or hyphens

                  try using your right ring finger.

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                  • J Jim SS

                    What is all this camel case, pascal case, underscores. I don't need any of them if keep my variables to 6 characters (1 character is preferred). ;P p.s. see my signature

                    SS => Qualified in Submarines "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". Winston Churchill "Real programmers can write Fortran in any language". Unknown

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                    Gary Wheeler
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                    Jim (SS) wrote:

                    "Real programmers can write Fortran in any language". Unknown

                    Real programmers spell it FORTRAN like God, IBM, and other TLA's intended.

                    Software Zen: delete this;

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                    • J Jim Crafton

                      Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

                      Do I see a contradiction here?

                      But of course! This is all completely subjective, except for the fact that I'm right and you're wrong, VIM sucks, and using the underscore as you're proposing will undoubtedly lead to the end of the Union, and a take over of the State by leftist-grave-robbing-breast-feeding-thumb-sucking-whiner-socialists.

                      ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! VCF Blog Just Say No to Web 2 Point Oh

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                      bulg
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                      #32

                      Jim Crafton wrote:

                      using the underscore as you're proposing will undoubtedly lead to the end of the Union, and a take over of the State by leftist-grave-robbing-breast-feeding-thumb-sucking-whiner-socialists

                      You may be Right.

                      Jim Crafton wrote:

                      VIM sucks

                      Then again, you're probably just lost. Try fid=2605.

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                      • G Gary Wheeler

                        Jim (SS) wrote:

                        "Real programmers can write Fortran in any language". Unknown

                        Real programmers spell it FORTRAN like God, IBM, and other TLA's intended.

                        Software Zen: delete this;

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                        Jim SS
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                        #33

                        Gary Wheeler wrote:

                        spell it FORTRAN

                        I was wondering how many other people even knew that. Even C# and Java still allow GOTOs, so the statement is still true.:cool:

                        SS => Qualified in Submarines "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". Winston Churchill "Real programmers can write FORTRAN in any language". Unknown

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                        • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                          Why most programmers (at least Windows and Java programmers) use this horrible notation? It is both hard to write and hard to read:

                          GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

                          With undrescores it is at least easy to read if not to write:

                          get_my_precious_data_from_an_XML_file()

                          And of course, there is always a way to make it easy to write but hard to read:

                          getmypreciousdatafromanXMLfile()

                          Lispers have the best of both worlds (well, except for the parentheses):

                          (get-my-precious-data-from-an-XML-file)

                          I feel better now - feel free to vote me down :)

                          Programming Blog utf8-cpp

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                          Eytukan
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                          Camel for president.

                          Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.

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                          • N Nish Nishant

                            Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

                            GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

                            I find this to be quite readable.

                            Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

                            get_my_precious_data_from_an_XML_file()

                            On the other hand, this I find to be ugly and slightly harder to read. My brain is auto-wired to recognize a new word when it sees an upper case letter, but with an underscore not so much.

                            Regards, Nish


                            Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                            My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link

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                            Eytukan
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                            So you are already here :laugh: . lol I was quickly looking for the "familiar" names that have replied to this thread. funny. You are there :)

                            Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.

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                            • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                              Why most programmers (at least Windows and Java programmers) use this horrible notation? It is both hard to write and hard to read:

                              GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

                              With undrescores it is at least easy to read if not to write:

                              get_my_precious_data_from_an_XML_file()

                              And of course, there is always a way to make it easy to write but hard to read:

                              getmypreciousdatafromanXMLfile()

                              Lispers have the best of both worlds (well, except for the parentheses):

                              (get-my-precious-data-from-an-XML-file)

                              I feel better now - feel free to vote me down :)

                              Programming Blog utf8-cpp

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                              Eytukan
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                              #36

                              Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

                              getmypreciousdatafromanXMLfile()

                              You are really cunning. :laugh: That's not a camel, that's a snake with a big ass. A real camel would look something like this:

                              getMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile

                              Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.

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                              • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                                Why most programmers (at least Windows and Java programmers) use this horrible notation? It is both hard to write and hard to read:

                                GetMyPreciousDataFromAnXMLFile()

                                With undrescores it is at least easy to read if not to write:

                                get_my_precious_data_from_an_XML_file()

                                And of course, there is always a way to make it easy to write but hard to read:

                                getmypreciousdatafromanXMLfile()

                                Lispers have the best of both worlds (well, except for the parentheses):

                                (get-my-precious-data-from-an-XML-file)

                                I feel better now - feel free to vote me down :)

                                Programming Blog utf8-cpp

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                                Hans Dietrich
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                                why_the_hell_is_XML_always_capitalized?

                                Best wishes, Hans


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                                • G Gary Wheeler

                                  Jim (SS) wrote:

                                  "Real programmers can write Fortran in any language". Unknown

                                  Real programmers spell it FORTRAN like God, IBM, and other TLA's intended.

                                  Software Zen: delete this;

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                                  PIEBALDconsult
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                                  Huh? I thought it was ForTran. :confused:

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                                    why_the_hell_is_XML_always_capitalized?

                                    Best wishes, Hans


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                                    PIEBALDconsult
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                                    Capitalized? No. Leveraged? Yes. :-D

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                                    • D Douglas Troy

                                      I can almost see you sitting in front of your computer, Rama, hunched over ... coveting your code ... whispering ... It is ... My Precious ... :rolleyes:

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                                      Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                                      That was a typo. here is the actual code.

                                      [myPrecious loadDataFromXML];

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                                      • J Jim SS

                                        Gary Wheeler wrote:

                                        spell it FORTRAN

                                        I was wondering how many other people even knew that. Even C# and Java still allow GOTOs, so the statement is still true.:cool:

                                        SS => Qualified in Submarines "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". Winston Churchill "Real programmers can write FORTRAN in any language". Unknown

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                                        Gary Wheeler
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                                        Much better.

                                        Software Zen: delete this;

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                                        • P PIEBALDconsult

                                          Huh? I thought it was ForTran. :confused:

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                                          Gary Wheeler
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                                          FORmula TRANslation[^]

                                          Software Zen: delete this;

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