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From: Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Function args not checked
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:30:00 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <536d93713f9b4b3342371dc409ee1545@9netics.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00E03F87-8A6C-4DA6-8E7D-1800D4D27157@telus.net>

>> Prototypes are not documentation.
>
> Absolutely.  But they have a better chance of reflecting reality.
>
> Not everyone is blessed to work on good code bases.  Until then, I'll
> keep "documenting" my prototypes with good names.

variable naming conventions are not enforced by the compiler; they
could be misleading.  why not use an ide - e.g.  eclipse is available
for many platforms - or just document the code.  using cweb will
exhibit your STRONG commitment to good documentation :)



  reply	other threads:[~2006-04-17 16:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-04-17  6:50 Rodolfo (kix)
2006-04-17  7:00 ` geoff
2006-04-17  7:25   ` Rodolfo (kix)
2006-04-17 14:52 ` jmk
2006-04-17 15:17   ` "Nils O. Selåsdal"
2006-04-17 15:28     ` David Leimbach
2006-04-17 15:31       ` jmk
2006-04-17 15:40         ` Paul Lalonde
2006-04-17 16:30           ` Skip Tavakkolian [this message]
2006-04-17 20:43             ` Don Bailey
2006-04-17 15:53   ` Victor Nazarov
2006-04-17 16:00     ` Devon H. O'Dell

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