From: "Michael F. Yoder" <yoder@decada.zko.dec.com>
Subject: Re: Elimination of "use" clauses
Date: 1999/07/09
Date: 1999-07-09T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <378603D4.1DCFBE2D@decada.zko.dec.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7m3foq$nuj@dfw-ixnews14.ix.netcom.com
Richard D Riehle wrote:
>
> In article <3784DC54.6463EDCA@decada.zko.dec.com>,
> "Michael F. Yoder" <yoder@decada.zko.dec.com> wrote:
>
> >Not a strawman. The best ways of dealing with use clauses are what I
> >call "Tony Tye" methods (since he devised the first one I used) and make
> >package renamings a staple.
>
> This is a widely used technique. It does not completely solve the
> use clause question. What problem are we trying to solve?
Perhaps there is a difference in perception, or in experience, here.
In my experience, the described method does in fact completely solve the
problem of use clauses contributing to code obfuscation (for
identifiers, and for all practical purposes). It does not, in my
opinion, necessarily provide the best solution for operators. I'd
prefer to have the two questions separated, and I have no strong
opinions to contribute to the discussion about operators.
On the project Tony Tye led, complaints about use clauses simply didn't
occur after the method was introduced. I don't know of any instance in
which introducing such a method led to a perceived reduction in
readability, but perhaps those participating in this discussion can
contribute some. :-)
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Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-07-01 0:00 Elimination of "use" clauses Dr. Neil C. Audsley
1999-07-01 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1999-07-01 0:00 ` czgrr
1999-07-01 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-02 0:00 ` czgrr
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-01 0:00 ` Joe Wisniewski
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-08 0:00 ` R. Tim Coslet
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-09 0:00 ` tmoran
[not found] ` <7ltl2q$mog$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
1999-07-08 0:00 ` Michael F. Yoder
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Michael F. Yoder
1999-07-14 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1999-07-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-12 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-10 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-07-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Michael F. Yoder [this message]
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <7ltus1$ah1@dfw-ixnews19.ix.netcom.com>
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-07-18 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-07-18 0:00 ` jerry
1999-07-19 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-07-20 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-07-20 0:00 ` jerry
1999-07-20 0:00 ` Opaque Types (was Elimination of "use" clauses) David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-07-18 0:00 ` Elimination of "use" clauses Dale Stanbrough
1999-07-20 0:00 ` David Kristola
1999-07-20 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-07-19 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-07-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-20 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-07-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-22 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-07-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-22 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Michael F. Yoder
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-07-23 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-08-03 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-07-19 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-19 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-07-19 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1999-07-03 0:00 ` Joe Wisniewski
1999-07-03 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1999-07-03 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1999-07-13 0:00 ` Peter Amey
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