Re: ISO Studies of underscores vs MixedCase in Ada or C++

[Programmer Dude <Chris@Sonnack.com>]

Peter Ammon wrote:

>> classmethod :
>>         access_specifier
>>         method_type_specifier
>>         method_return_type_specifier
>>         method_declaration
>>         method_body
> 
> You've piqued my interest, since I'm the first to admit that my
> grammar specifications are hard to read.
> 
> Where do you put the action in the above code?
> 
> classmethod :
>         access_specifier
>         method_type_specifier
>         method_return_type_specifier
>         method_declaration
>         method_body
>         { doSomething(); }

I thought this was a grammar definition?  I'd have thought that

	method_body :== { doSomething(); }

But if they are different, the way you did it seems fine to me.

> What if there's more than one reduction possible?
> 
> classmethod :
>         access_specifier
>         method_type_specifier
>         method_return_type_specifier
>         method_declaration
>         method_body
>          { doSomething(); }
>       |  something_else
>         another_thing
>         even_more
>         blah_blah
>         { doSomethingElse(); }

Probably break them up in some fashion:

class-method:
	class-method-normal |
	class-method-extended

class-method-normal:
	access-specifier
	method-type-specifier
	method-return-type-specifier
	method-declaration
	method-body
	
class-method-extended:
	something-else
	another-thing
	even-more
	blah-blah


>> (In proportional fonts, hyphens are usually skinnier than
>> underscores and (to my eye) make the text more readable.
>> It's not as noticable with monospace fonts, but I think the
>> lower example looks better (read: more readable :-).)
> 
> Agreed!  I wish that more languages allowed hyphen use in
> identifiers. Dylan is the only one I can think of off the
> top of my head.

Others have already mentioned Lisp, so I don't have to!
(Well,... *didn't* have to...  :-)

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