From: Ed Falis <falis@ma.aonix.com>
Subject: Re: Elimination of "use" clauses
Date: 1999/07/02
Date: 1999-07-02T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7lja8s$n01$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7ligdq$c8q$1@nnrp1.deja.com
In article <7ligdq$c8q$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com> wrote:
> While I appreciate the fact that *some* compiler systems have facilites
> to help decipher stuff like this under *certian* circumstances, I am not
> persuaded that obtuse source code is just a "tool problem".
>
> If I have to use specialized tools to figure out what someone's source
> code is doing, the tool that springs most readily to mind is a baseball
> bat...
Aside from the fact that using a compiler system that doesn't provide this
kind of capability is a bit obtuse these days, I'd have to say that I find
code cluttered with extra identifiers and so on more than code that makes use
of context with disambiguation where necessary. If the namespace within a
unit requires selected notation to be understandable, there's a good chance
the sucker is much too big.
I've been doing some pretty serious programming in Eiffel lately, with a fair
amount of multiple inheritance. The language doesn't use anything like
selected notation, and doesn't even have explicit context clauses. But with
decent browsing available, I never miss them at all. And I mainly use the
browsing just to look at interfaces. The code tends to be clean and
understandable, with a clear structure. This is not a language-specific
issue. It's a matter of how one does things, and of standardized
expectations (as Robert is also inclined to say).
- Ed Falis
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Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-07-01 0:00 Elimination of "use" clauses Dr. Neil C. Audsley
1999-07-01 0:00 ` Joe Wisniewski
1999-07-01 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1999-07-01 0:00 ` czgrr
1999-07-01 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-02 0:00 ` czgrr
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <7ltl2q$mog$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
1999-07-08 0:00 ` Michael F. Yoder
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Michael F. Yoder
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Michael F. Yoder
1999-07-14 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1999-07-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-12 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-10 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-07-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-08 0:00 ` R. Tim Coslet
1999-07-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-09 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Ed Falis [this message]
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <7ltus1$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 ` Dale Stanbrough
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 A Duff
1999-07-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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
1999-07-20 0:00 ` David Kristola
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 ` Opaque Types (was Elimination of "use" clauses) David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-07-20 0:00 ` Elimination of "use" clauses jerry
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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