Funny variable names
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It just happened to me now. Following a legacy naming convention my class had an object named pipTable, then I added feedTable, and now poolTable. I know it's not really funny, but when I'm coding and see variable names form something meaningful, it makes me :). I know this has happened to me many times before, occasionally causing me to reconsider the convention when the name becomes R or even X rated. Does anyone else have any examples or funny stories to add?
wizardzz wrote:
Does anyone else have any examples or funny stories to add?
Reminds me of an article I read back in the early 90s about Microsoft function names and such. Remember Burgermaster?
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius
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It just happened to me now. Following a legacy naming convention my class had an object named pipTable, then I added feedTable, and now poolTable. I know it's not really funny, but when I'm coding and see variable names form something meaningful, it makes me :). I know this has happened to me many times before, occasionally causing me to reconsider the convention when the name becomes R or even X rated. Does anyone else have any examples or funny stories to add?
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It just happened to me now. Following a legacy naming convention my class had an object named pipTable, then I added feedTable, and now poolTable. I know it's not really funny, but when I'm coding and see variable names form something meaningful, it makes me :). I know this has happened to me many times before, occasionally causing me to reconsider the convention when the name becomes R or even X rated. Does anyone else have any examples or funny stories to add?
wizardzz wrote:
Does anyone else have any examples or funny stories to add?
A poor design of a huge JAVA system caused some GUI errors happen only at the first run. As a quick fix I've added a
bool virgin = true;
field which was set to false after the initiation initialization...
Greetings - Jacek
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wizardzz wrote:
Does anyone else have any examples or funny stories to add?
A poor design of a huge JAVA system caused some GUI errors happen only at the first run. As a quick fix I've added a
bool virgin = true;
field which was set to false after the initiation initialization...
Greetings - Jacek
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It just happened to me now. Following a legacy naming convention my class had an object named pipTable, then I added feedTable, and now poolTable. I know it's not really funny, but when I'm coding and see variable names form something meaningful, it makes me :). I know this has happened to me many times before, occasionally causing me to reconsider the convention when the name becomes R or even X rated. Does anyone else have any examples or funny stories to add?
One of my previous companies came very close to releasing a product for installing software updates, whose acronym was COMIC! You can imagine the expressions on the faces of the European/UK teams when we first saw the announcement.
Just say 'NO' to evaluated arguments for diadic functions! Ash
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It just happened to me now. Following a legacy naming convention my class had an object named pipTable, then I added feedTable, and now poolTable. I know it's not really funny, but when I'm coding and see variable names form something meaningful, it makes me :). I know this has happened to me many times before, occasionally causing me to reconsider the convention when the name becomes R or even X rated. Does anyone else have any examples or funny stories to add?
I found this once in a code Transformer theOptimusPrime = new Transformer(); I laughed loud in my office and everyone turned at my desk as if I am watching some hilarious porn !!!! :)
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Math is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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One of my previous companies came very close to releasing a product for installing software updates, whose acronym was COMIC! You can imagine the expressions on the faces of the European/UK teams when we first saw the announcement.
Just say 'NO' to evaluated arguments for diadic functions! Ash
Does COMIC mean something different in European/UK areas? :confused:
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius
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It just happened to me now. Following a legacy naming convention my class had an object named pipTable, then I added feedTable, and now poolTable. I know it's not really funny, but when I'm coding and see variable names form something meaningful, it makes me :). I know this has happened to me many times before, occasionally causing me to reconsider the convention when the name becomes R or even X rated. Does anyone else have any examples or funny stories to add?
Not exactly funny, but I knew a developer who named a
SocketExceptionvariablesex.I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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It just happened to me now. Following a legacy naming convention my class had an object named pipTable, then I added feedTable, and now poolTable. I know it's not really funny, but when I'm coding and see variable names form something meaningful, it makes me :). I know this has happened to me many times before, occasionally causing me to reconsider the convention when the name becomes R or even X rated. Does anyone else have any examples or funny stories to add?
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A financial instrument called a spread has many legs. In c++ the std::vector class has a method called push_back spread.legs.push_back(...) always cracks me up
:laugh: :laugh: Are we talking Bulls and Bears, or are there sheep involved?
Will Rogers never met me.
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Does COMIC mean something different in European/UK areas? :confused:
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius
COMIC is: a person who tells jokes, aka comedian. a child (or adult)'s magazine containing strip cartoons something that is supposed to be serious but makes people laugh inadvertently so a piece of software called COMIC is asking for trouble.
Just say 'NO' to evaluated arguments for diadic functions! Ash
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:laugh: :laugh: Are we talking Bulls and Bears, or are there sheep involved?
Will Rogers never met me.
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It just happened to me now. Following a legacy naming convention my class had an object named pipTable, then I added feedTable, and now poolTable. I know it's not really funny, but when I'm coding and see variable names form something meaningful, it makes me :). I know this has happened to me many times before, occasionally causing me to reconsider the convention when the name becomes R or even X rated. Does anyone else have any examples or funny stories to add?
I was looking at some code the other day that had a file named "asstub.c" (ASSembler sTUB). We had a source file in an old project that was named "csanal.c". It was supposed to stand for "CSA NAL" (I forget what the abbreviations stood for now.) Of course, the name never got pronounced that way, much to the original developer's chagrin. :laugh:
WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.
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It just happened to me now. Following a legacy naming convention my class had an object named pipTable, then I added feedTable, and now poolTable. I know it's not really funny, but when I'm coding and see variable names form something meaningful, it makes me :). I know this has happened to me many times before, occasionally causing me to reconsider the convention when the name becomes R or even X rated. Does anyone else have any examples or funny stories to add?
I remember one in VB6 spit where an enum element was called date, we spent some time chasing down why all our dates were now 2. To this day I prefix an enum label eDate.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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I remember one in VB6 spit where an enum element was called date, we spent some time chasing down why all our dates were now 2. To this day I prefix an enum label eDate.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Fully-qualified names should take care of that. :-D
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It just happened to me now. Following a legacy naming convention my class had an object named pipTable, then I added feedTable, and now poolTable. I know it's not really funny, but when I'm coding and see variable names form something meaningful, it makes me :). I know this has happened to me many times before, occasionally causing me to reconsider the convention when the name becomes R or even X rated. Does anyone else have any examples or funny stories to add?
My very first programming training was in COBOL and we had to write a program that used GOTOs amongst other stuff. I named all of my paragraphs (tags for a GOTO destination for all you non-COBBOLlers) things like Mayfair ParkLane Jail DirectlyToJail CommunityChest Chance just so I could have GO TO JAIL GO DIRECTLYTOJAIL I just wish COBOL had exceptions, so I could have one called DICE :)
___________________________________________ .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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It just happened to me now. Following a legacy naming convention my class had an object named pipTable, then I added feedTable, and now poolTable. I know it's not really funny, but when I'm coding and see variable names form something meaningful, it makes me :). I know this has happened to me many times before, occasionally causing me to reconsider the convention when the name becomes R or even X rated. Does anyone else have any examples or funny stories to add?
Oh, you mean like on my last job; Gopher, Julie, Doc, Isaac, Merrill, Vicky, Judy... :cool:
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Fully-qualified names should take care of that. :-D
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Fully-qualified names
In VB6, I have to admit I can't remember if they were supported, they certainly weren't used.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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One of my previous companies came very close to releasing a product for installing software updates, whose acronym was COMIC! You can imagine the expressions on the faces of the European/UK teams when we first saw the announcement.
Just say 'NO' to evaluated arguments for diadic functions! Ash
The company I work for has a product called I.C.M.S. (which sounds a lot like I see a mess) :doh:
Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am
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I was looking at some code the other day that had a file named "asstub.c" (ASSembler sTUB). We had a source file in an old project that was named "csanal.c". It was supposed to stand for "CSA NAL" (I forget what the abbreviations stood for now.) Of course, the name never got pronounced that way, much to the original developer's chagrin. :laugh:
WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.
Worked on a system that had 2 character prefixes (depending on the file) followed by 4 char field names (same across files), so there were fun items like xxPORN (Purchase Order Number) all over the place.