From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 108717,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-16 01:57:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!news.ecrc.de!not-for-mail Sender: schmitt@scxw21.4sc Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Spell-checking source code References: <86ad8i7d1d.fsf_-_@huldreheim.huldreskog.no> <86zngh5oct.fsf@huldreheim.huldreskog.no> <86r81s6elg.fsf@huldreheim.huldreskog.no> <3F830C63.1070005@crs4.it> <3F8BFCF5.6020906@crs4.it> <3f8c1a9f_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com> From: Frank Schmitt Message-ID: <4c7k35muez.fsf@scxw21.4sc> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: 16 Oct 2003 10:57:40 +0200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.27.114.234 X-Complaints-To: news@ecrc.de X-Trace: news.ecrc.de 1066294660 195.27.114.234 (Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:57:40 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:57:40 MET DST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.software-eng:20804 comp.programming:1071 comp.lang.c++:2614 comp.lang.ada:957 Date: 2003-10-16T10:57:40+02:00 List-Id: "Jakob Bieling" writes: > "Alan Balmer" wrote in message > news:hscoov4a1i762dd8jtf7ejnh6h0pg27a1e@4ax.com... > > On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 18:46:59 +0200, "Jakob Bieling" > > wrote: > > > > > True, but it is still pretty annoying to type all kinds of variable > > >names out (we are talking about long names, anything over 10 letters, > > >right?) all the time you use them > > > > A good editor can eliminate that problem. > > > For function local variables, mine does not. For class members or > identifiers in a namespace it does. But why would you want to make function local variables' names more than 10 letters long? My local variable names tend to consist of only one word, e.g OutputStreamWriter writer; Or are your functions so long that you need longer variable names? regards frank -- Frank Schmitt 4SC AG phone: +49 89 700763-0 e-mail: frankNO DOT SPAMschmitt AT 4sc DOT com