From: clemc@ccc.com (Clem Cole)
Subject: [TUHS] early cc variable and function names
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:41:17 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC20D2PHWVf2OM7GK=cL9n6Q+6MfwHq4LcvFHMKwgYxE5RYEBQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141017034618.GJ17227@mercury.ccil.org>
Larry - AMEN.
The key is that in the old days it was much easier to glance and code and
know which struct or union was being examined. Today, that context is lost
and I have to think more about what the type of the ptr is. Yes the
>>compiler<< knows, but I as the random programmer reading the code later
do not.
Larry and my experiences with very, very good programmers is the same.
Clem
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 11:46 PM, John Cowan <cowan at mercury.ccil.org> wrote:
> Larry McVoy scripsit:
>
> > xyz.size
> > abc.size
> > foobar.size
> >
> > What are the types of those structures?
>
> You can't tell because the names are meaningless. With more meaningful
> names, it's usually possible to see what the type must be.
>
> --
> John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan at ccil.org
> I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less
> than half of you half as well as you deserve. --Bilbo
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-17 2:29 Noel Chiappa
2014-10-17 2:40 ` John Cowan
2014-10-17 2:52 ` Larry McVoy
2014-10-17 3:46 ` John Cowan
2014-10-17 3:54 ` Larry McVoy
2014-10-17 19:41 ` Clem Cole [this message]
2014-10-17 20:37 ` random832
2014-10-17 20:42 ` Larry McVoy
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-10-18 10:32 Noel Chiappa
2014-10-18 23:03 ` Ron Natalie
2014-10-18 23:11 ` Dave Horsfall
2014-10-17 16:11 Noel Chiappa
2014-10-17 1:51 Mark Longridge
2014-10-17 2:20 ` Milo Velimirovic
2014-10-17 2:21 ` Dave Horsfall
2014-10-17 13:35 ` random832
2014-10-17 13:44 ` Warner Losh
2014-10-17 14:07 ` arnold
2014-10-17 14:22 ` Milo Velimirović
2014-10-17 19:29 ` random832
2014-10-18 7:25 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
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