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I don't care about your naming convention, just be consistent [modified]

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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    By Hungarian I mean the type is prefixed onto the variable name as in iCount, lpszName etc. The "m_", "p_", g_" etc. metaprefix indates the scope: Member of class, function parameter, global and so on. Once upon a time we thought this was a good idea! But then incremental compilation meant we could go back to readable, pronounceable variable names. (I'm waiting for the next generation retrospective on naming, when we go back to a maximum of six characters, and the first character defines it as a integer if it is 'i' to 'n' so you don't even have to declare them...)

    Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.

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    Yusuf
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    OriginalGriff wrote:

    (I'm waiting for the next generation retrospective on naming, when we go back to a maximum of six characters, and the first character defines it as a integer if it is 'i' to 'n' so you don't even have to declare them...)

    Good idea. Let us know when it is released :rolleyes: ;P

    Yusuf May I help you?

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      By Hungarian I mean the type is prefixed onto the variable name as in iCount, lpszName etc. The "m_", "p_", g_" etc. metaprefix indates the scope: Member of class, function parameter, global and so on. Once upon a time we thought this was a good idea! But then incremental compilation meant we could go back to readable, pronounceable variable names. (I'm waiting for the next generation retrospective on naming, when we go back to a maximum of six characters, and the first character defines it as a integer if it is 'i' to 'n' so you don't even have to declare them...)

      Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.

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      rentzk
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      Don't remind me. I was downgraded by a professor for defining variables that just happened to start with i and j. Apparently, Pascal teaches you bad habits :~

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      • R rentzk

        Don't remind me. I was downgraded by a professor for defining variables that just happened to start with i and j. Apparently, Pascal teaches you bad habits :~

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        rentzk wrote:

        Apparently, Pascal teaches you bad habits

        What do variable names like i and j have to with Pascal? :confused: /ravi

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        • RaviBeeR RaviBee

          rentzk wrote:

          Apparently, Pascal teaches you bad habits

          What do variable names like i and j have to with Pascal? :confused: /ravi

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          OriginalGriff
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          Nothing that I remember: 'i' through 'n' inclusive being default declaration for integer, and the six character limit were FORTRAN.

          Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.

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          • RaviBeeR RaviBee

            rentzk wrote:

            Apparently, Pascal teaches you bad habits

            What do variable names like i and j have to with Pascal? :confused: /ravi

            My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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            rentzk
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            Sorry, I was in a bit of a hurry. Pascal was where I was taught to always define my variables. This was not appreciated by a very old school instructor who taught the FORTRAN class. Fortunately, the Pascal lessons stuck with me a lot better than the FORTRAN ones.

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              Where's Hungarian?

              Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.

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              Nagy Vilmos
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              You called?


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                You called?


                Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre

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                OriginalGriff
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                No, not you - your name doesn't start with a lower case letter, and is quite pronounceable. :laugh:

                Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.

                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  By Hungarian I mean the type is prefixed onto the variable name as in iCount, lpszName etc. The "m_", "p_", g_" etc. metaprefix indates the scope: Member of class, function parameter, global and so on. Once upon a time we thought this was a good idea! But then incremental compilation meant we could go back to readable, pronounceable variable names. (I'm waiting for the next generation retrospective on naming, when we go back to a maximum of six characters, and the first character defines it as a integer if it is 'i' to 'n' so you don't even have to declare them...)

                  Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.

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                  Rob Grainger
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                  The m_, g_ etc. prefixes are all later inventions MS added when they started writing MFC (I guess, that's the first usage I ever came across). You don't really need them in C as the only scopes are global, file and local.

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                  • R Rob Grainger

                    The m_, g_ etc. prefixes are all later inventions MS added when they started writing MFC (I guess, that's the first usage I ever came across). You don't really need them in C as the only scopes are global, file and local.

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                    OriginalGriff
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                    That's where I first met Hungarian notation. The only problem is I still use a bastardized version of it: tb for TextBox, but for Button, dgv for DateGridView... One day, I must try to make a clean break! :laugh:

                    Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.

                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                    • W wizardzz

                      I was just given a project to rewrite, cleanup, and add features to. The first class I look at has these variables. It appears the original author liked to use almost every convention for naming variables, arbitrarily changing it up.

                      private string ip_addr = "xx.xx.xx.xx";
                      private int _port = 2000;
                      public int countQuotesReceived = 0, countQuotesCreated = 0;
                      public bool _connected = false;
                      public bool _initialized = false;
                      public bool BroadCast = false, ResetHighsLows = false;
                      public bool reconnecting = false;

                      modified on Monday, January 17, 2011 4:35 PM

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                      Lutoslaw
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                      Maybe every piece of code comes from another on-line tutorial where various naming conventions were used. Better not to change anything if it works you know.

                      Greetings - Jacek

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                      • L Lutoslaw

                        Maybe every piece of code comes from another on-line tutorial where various naming conventions were used. Better not to change anything if it works you know.

                        Greetings - Jacek

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                        wizardzz
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                        That's more than likely.

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                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                          No, not you - your name doesn't start with a lower case letter, and is quite pronounceable. :laugh:

                          Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.

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                          Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                          His name is probably the only Hungarian name that CAN be pronounced. Man, do they know how to mess up names, or what? :~

                          -- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit

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