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Hello Jasen - 

TT>>> ``Abbreviations'' such as if(p), though perfectly legal,
TT>>> are considered by some to be bad style (and by others to
TT>>> be good style; see question 17.10). 

CA>> I am convinced that a 'style' that obfuscates rather than
CA>> self-documents is not a 'good' style of programming for
CA>> _any_ language. 

JB> if(p) is not obfucation. if("pigs fly") is :) 

To _me_ any single letter variable is obfuscation unless it is
used within a very small function and is local to that
function. Even then it's not good 'style' IMO. 

CA>> As one who does not program on a daily basis it is
CA>> difficult to even modify existing code and recompile it
CA>> without having to scan through half the code searching for
CA>> the value of 'p' in an 'if(p)' statement. YMMV 

JB> that's a different matter... if that's a probleem the
JB> functions may be too long. or the variable may better be
JB> named to indicate its type. 

I like the concept of 'Hungarian Notation' if not the
implementation of it. :-) 

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