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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@crs4.it>
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Spell-checking source code
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 09:42:42 +0200
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Jakob Bieling wrote:

>     True, but it is still pretty annoying to type all kinds of variable
> names out

I suppose I should thank my mother for insisting that I learned how to
use a typewriter.

>     To avoid misunderstandings, I do not approve using abbreviations for all
> kinds of variables. But I do find it acceptable to use my way of
> abbreviating (including comments) for function local variables.

Do non-local variables really exist?  :-)

But yes, if you make sure that the declaration of the variables is
always immediately visible, when one is observing their use, then I can
understand your argument (although I still don't approve of it).

Jacob
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