Hi Charles.

08-Sep-03 19:14:14, Charles Angelich wrote to Torfs Tom


 CA> 1237cf2a6ebb c_echo

 CA> Hello Torfs -

 CA> --8<--cut

 TT>> ``Abbreviations'' such as if(p), though perfectly legal, are
 TT>> considered by some to be bad style (and by others to be good
 TT>> 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 _any_
 CA> language.

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

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

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


 -=> Bye <=-

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