Not programming, but a preference question.
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var
A big ugly word. I don't use them unless I really need to. Now I have a project to add to that another developer created. Cool. There are a lot of vars in here. Unavoidable, too. Now, I'm the head "developer" on this team, and basically have to know all code inside and out pretty darm well. So does it make me a dick to want to use some sort of Hungarian Notation* on these vars? [Editing for clarity] I do not mean adding var to the front, or necessarily the type (though that will be useful in some cases, that's why I mistakenly said HN) I meant using a short form abbreviation to signify what the hell the variable is for rather than just "Loc" "Cust" etc when there are many similar variables.
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var
A big ugly word. I don't use them unless I really need to. Now I have a project to add to that another developer created. Cool. There are a lot of vars in here. Unavoidable, too. Now, I'm the head "developer" on this team, and basically have to know all code inside and out pretty darm well. So does it make me a dick to want to use some sort of Hungarian Notation* on these vars? [Editing for clarity] I do not mean adding var to the front, or necessarily the type (though that will be useful in some cases, that's why I mistakenly said HN) I meant using a short form abbreviation to signify what the hell the variable is for rather than just "Loc" "Cust" etc when there are many similar variables.
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var
A big ugly word. I don't use them unless I really need to. Now I have a project to add to that another developer created. Cool. There are a lot of vars in here. Unavoidable, too. Now, I'm the head "developer" on this team, and basically have to know all code inside and out pretty darm well. So does it make me a dick to want to use some sort of Hungarian Notation* on these vars? [Editing for clarity] I do not mean adding var to the front, or necessarily the type (though that will be useful in some cases, that's why I mistakenly said HN) I meant using a short form abbreviation to signify what the hell the variable is for rather than just "Loc" "Cust" etc when there are many similar variables.
If you are in the pacifier business, you might consider:
var varBinks = getBinkyCount();
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var
A big ugly word. I don't use them unless I really need to. Now I have a project to add to that another developer created. Cool. There are a lot of vars in here. Unavoidable, too. Now, I'm the head "developer" on this team, and basically have to know all code inside and out pretty darm well. So does it make me a dick to want to use some sort of Hungarian Notation* on these vars? [Editing for clarity] I do not mean adding var to the front, or necessarily the type (though that will be useful in some cases, that's why I mistakenly said HN) I meant using a short form abbreviation to signify what the hell the variable is for rather than just "Loc" "Cust" etc when there are many similar variables.
I do not see why people get hung up on var. (I am quite certain I will ge downvoted for this post) IMO it is cleaner.
namespace ThirdPartynamespace
{
class RequiredComponent
{
}
}...
namespace DifferentThirdPartyNamespace
{
class RequiredComponent
{
}
}namespace Local
{
class Thingamajig
{
var component = new ThirdPartyNameSpace.RequiredComponent();
var diffComponent = new DifferentThirdPartyNameSpace.RequiredComponent();
//vsThirdPartyNameSpace.RequiredComponent ewComponent = new ThirdPartyNameSpace.RequiredComponent(); DifferentThirdPartyNameSpace.RequiredComponent ewDiffComponent = new DifferentThirdPartyNameSpace.RequiredComponent();}
}Ok, so now you will say that is a rare case. Maybe it is but because this case happens (actually it happens to me alot but mostly because how I use namespaces), you should follow patterns being set. You may not be always worried about thread mishaps but you still program for it. Other reasons: Return object changes.
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
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var
A big ugly word. I don't use them unless I really need to. Now I have a project to add to that another developer created. Cool. There are a lot of vars in here. Unavoidable, too. Now, I'm the head "developer" on this team, and basically have to know all code inside and out pretty darm well. So does it make me a dick to want to use some sort of Hungarian Notation* on these vars? [Editing for clarity] I do not mean adding var to the front, or necessarily the type (though that will be useful in some cases, that's why I mistakenly said HN) I meant using a short form abbreviation to signify what the hell the variable is for rather than just "Loc" "Cust" etc when there are many similar variables.
wizardzz wrote:
So does it make me a dick to want to use some sort of Hungarian Notation on these vars?
What would be the purpose of using the Hungarian notation?
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "But you probably have the smoothest scrotum of any grown man" - Pete O'Hanlon (2012) -
wizardzz wrote:
So does it make me a dick to want to use some sort of Hungarian Notation on these vars?
What would be the purpose of using the Hungarian notation?
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "But you probably have the smoothest scrotum of any grown man" - Pete O'Hanlon (2012)To help me understand what is being done, or rather, what is intended to be done. I guess they are poorly named variables to begin with, so that should be corrected first, and since almost every single variable is a var, it's taking quite some time to figure out why some choices were made. I should say that this is on top of some poorly written code that needs major re factoring, so that doesn't help.
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To help me understand what is being done, or rather, what is intended to be done. I guess they are poorly named variables to begin with, so that should be corrected first, and since almost every single variable is a var, it's taking quite some time to figure out why some choices were made. I should say that this is on top of some poorly written code that needs major re factoring, so that doesn't help.
How long have you examined this code? What is your time frame on this project? Possible refactoring...on some sections? Also, if you name everything with the prefix of var, then if you end up changing the data type then you will have to rename all the variables, I would think.
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "But you probably have the smoothest scrotum of any grown man" - Pete O'Hanlon (2012) -
wizardzz wrote:
So does it make me a dick to want to use some sort of Hungarian Notation on these vars?
What would be the purpose of using the Hungarian notation?
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "But you probably have the smoothest scrotum of any grown man" - Pete O'Hanlon (2012)He is claiming he needs to know its type and does not know it because "var" was used. So he would keep var and add the system type as a prefix (i.e. Hungarian notation)
var iAge = GetAge();
Silly IMO. Why do you need to know the type. IDE is smart enough. It is better to name what it is for or add more meaning.
var ageOfUser = GetusersAge();
var ageSearch= GetAgeToSearchFor();
var ageConstraintMin = GetAgeConstraintMin();
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
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To help me understand what is being done, or rather, what is intended to be done. I guess they are poorly named variables to begin with, so that should be corrected first, and since almost every single variable is a var, it's taking quite some time to figure out why some choices were made. I should say that this is on top of some poorly written code that needs major re factoring, so that doesn't help.
wizardzz wrote:
since almost every single variable is a var, it's taking quite some time to figure out why some choices were made
That is my main dislike of var - when you are trying to read the code, you have no idea what a variable is, or what you can do with it, without looking at some other bit of code and coming back. Explicit variable typing lets you know immediately what type it is and hence what you can do with it. Besides, it's lazy. "I don't want to think about this variable, it just want to get on with the interesting stuff".
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To help me understand what is being done, or rather, what is intended to be done. I guess they are poorly named variables to begin with, so that should be corrected first, and since almost every single variable is a var, it's taking quite some time to figure out why some choices were made. I should say that this is on top of some poorly written code that needs major re factoring, so that doesn't help.
wizardzz wrote:
I guess they are poorly named variables to begin with, so that should be corrected first
I would stop there. Name them correctly such that anyone can figure it out. What does switching var to a concrete type gain you? Did you forget you can mouse over. There is a reason that hungarian notation is not used.
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
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How long have you examined this code? What is your time frame on this project? Possible refactoring...on some sections? Also, if you name everything with the prefix of var, then if you end up changing the data type then you will have to rename all the variables, I would think.
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "But you probably have the smoothest scrotum of any grown man" - Pete O'Hanlon (2012)Dang, maybe I should have clarified. I meant Hungarian Notation "style", not strictly varName, etc. Example:
var BeginDate = item.GetType().GetProperty("BeginDate");
var Locations = item.GetType().GetProperty("Locations");I would prefer to be
var propBeginDate = item.GetType().GetProperty("BeginDate");
var propLocations = item.GetType().GetProperty("Locations");or something like that. This is more of an example of what I meant. I guess I should have initially said, am I dick for changing variables to make more sense?
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To help me understand what is being done, or rather, what is intended to be done. I guess they are poorly named variables to begin with, so that should be corrected first, and since almost every single variable is a var, it's taking quite some time to figure out why some choices were made. I should say that this is on top of some poorly written code that needs major re factoring, so that doesn't help.
I use Refactor! Pro[^]. Right click on the offending var declared varable and choose 'Make explicit' and there I have a decently declared varable. I'm pretty sure other refactoring tools have a similar feature.
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var
A big ugly word. I don't use them unless I really need to. Now I have a project to add to that another developer created. Cool. There are a lot of vars in here. Unavoidable, too. Now, I'm the head "developer" on this team, and basically have to know all code inside and out pretty darm well. So does it make me a dick to want to use some sort of Hungarian Notation* on these vars? [Editing for clarity] I do not mean adding var to the front, or necessarily the type (though that will be useful in some cases, that's why I mistakenly said HN) I meant using a short form abbreviation to signify what the hell the variable is for rather than just "Loc" "Cust" etc when there are many similar variables.
Don't you use visual studio? Between hovering over a variable and code completion I don't even think about checking the declaration to find the type of the variable. If they were needlessly using dynamic that would be more of a pain, but var isn't that big of a deal unless it is something like the following.
var what = 1, are = 1f, you = 1u, thinking = 1m, here = 1d, haha = 1UL;
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Dang, maybe I should have clarified. I meant Hungarian Notation "style", not strictly varName, etc. Example:
var BeginDate = item.GetType().GetProperty("BeginDate");
var Locations = item.GetType().GetProperty("Locations");I would prefer to be
var propBeginDate = item.GetType().GetProperty("BeginDate");
var propLocations = item.GetType().GetProperty("Locations");or something like that. This is more of an example of what I meant. I guess I should have initially said, am I dick for changing variables to make more sense?
wizardzz wrote:
am I dick for changing variables to make more sense?
no. variables, should always make sense. All naming should make sense. Go for it. :)
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "But you probably have the smoothest scrotum of any grown man" - Pete O'Hanlon (2012) -
wizardzz wrote:
I guess they are poorly named variables to begin with, so that should be corrected first
I would stop there. Name them correctly such that anyone can figure it out. What does switching var to a concrete type gain you? Did you forget you can mouse over. There is a reason that hungarian notation is not used.
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
I think we had a misunderstanding regarding your first response. I didn't mean Hungarian Notation in the strict sense. I meant as a "style" type. I debated using HN in my first post even. See my response to Steve here: http://www.codeproject.com/Lounge.aspx?msg=4281501#xx4281501xx[^]
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To help me understand what is being done, or rather, what is intended to be done. I guess they are poorly named variables to begin with, so that should be corrected first, and since almost every single variable is a var, it's taking quite some time to figure out why some choices were made. I should say that this is on top of some poorly written code that needs major re factoring, so that doesn't help.
If the variable names are difficult to understand, I'd go ahead and rename them and add comments as long as I can defend my reasoning. When I do that, I try to do two checkins one for refactoring and one for actual functionality changes so it's easier to separate the two.
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wizardzz wrote:
am I dick for changing variables to make more sense?
no. variables, should always make sense. All naming should make sense. Go for it. :)
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "But you probably have the smoothest scrotum of any grown man" - Pete O'Hanlon (2012)I guess I took my frustration with vaguely named vars out on var itself. I don't necessarily hate them, I see why they are used and necessary. I know I can look like a dick for asking them not to be used. However I should be frustrated at the right thing for the right reason. There is literally a declaration that looks like
var loc = ...
when it's being used as:
Locations.Location loc = ....
Neither of these are nice. I should clarify, there are about 4 different variables referring to different types of locations. Each named very similar/just abbreviated.
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If the variable names are difficult to understand, I'd go ahead and rename them and add comments as long as I can defend my reasoning. When I do that, I try to do two checkins one for refactoring and one for actual functionality changes so it's easier to separate the two.
Curvature of the Mind now with 3D
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var
A big ugly word. I don't use them unless I really need to. Now I have a project to add to that another developer created. Cool. There are a lot of vars in here. Unavoidable, too. Now, I'm the head "developer" on this team, and basically have to know all code inside and out pretty darm well. So does it make me a dick to want to use some sort of Hungarian Notation* on these vars? [Editing for clarity] I do not mean adding var to the front, or necessarily the type (though that will be useful in some cases, that's why I mistakenly said HN) I meant using a short form abbreviation to signify what the hell the variable is for rather than just "Loc" "Cust" etc when there are many similar variables.
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He is claiming he needs to know its type and does not know it because "var" was used. So he would keep var and add the system type as a prefix (i.e. Hungarian notation)
var iAge = GetAge();
Silly IMO. Why do you need to know the type. IDE is smart enough. It is better to name what it is for or add more meaning.
var ageOfUser = GetusersAge();
var ageSearch= GetAgeToSearchFor();
var ageConstraintMin = GetAgeConstraintMin();
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
I agree on the importance of good naming, and I'm pretty sure wizardzz does too. I stopped using hungarian notation more than 10 years ago, but I still prefer variables not to be declared using var. I know that the IDE provides great help for determining the type of a variable, but when you have large amounts of code that you have to wade through, I've found that it helps that the variables are fully declared.
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