Re: Bad coding standards - aesthetics are irrelevant

[Wes Groleau <wwgrol@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com>]

> by a machine. For example, you might have an identifier: Rotor_RPM. Automatic
> case rules would have a hard time noting that RPM is an abbreviation and
> should be upper ....

If the "pretty printer" also does a spellcheck on every "word" in every
identifier, the algorithm could be

  if in standard dictionary, initial caps
  if in approved exceptions, case exactly as in list
  else flag as violation

This is still not foolproof--you have to be careful not to
approve an acronym that is also a regular word.  

You also need to avoid the process used by some:

  if not on list of approved abbreviations then
     add to list of approved abbreviations
  end if

:-) :-)

-- 
Wes Groleau
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau