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: 10ad19,59d1a7436aa0f405 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,59d1a7436aa0f405 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,59d1a7436aa0f405 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,59d1a7436aa0f405 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,59d1a7436aa0f405 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,59d1a7436aa0f405 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,59d1a7436aa0f405 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-14 01:02:21 PST Path: archiver1.sj.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!server3.netnews.ja.net!news.ox.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: "Edward Rosten" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml,comp.lang.ruby Subject: Re: Length limit for variable names in your language? Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 10:01:23 +0100 Organization: Oxford University, England Message-ID: <9do3c2$2e$1@news.ox.ac.uk> References: <3AFE60D8.6C3282B7@my-deja.com> <9dme2e$4od$1@news.ox.ac.uk> <3AFF40AF.C7FB3D9C@uol.com.br> NNTP-Posting-Host: catz-7af.stcatz.ox.ac.uk X-Trace: news.ox.ac.uk 989827266 78 129.67.7.175 (14 May 2001 08:01:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@ox.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 08:01:06 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Pan/0.9.2 (Unix) X-No-Productlinks: Yes Xref: archiver1.sj.google.com comp.lang.ada:7479 comp.lang.awk:2430 comp.lang.clarion:19188 comp.lang.java.programmer:67349 comp.lang.pl1:578 comp.lang.vrml:3235 comp.lang.ruby:9269 Date: 2001-05-14T10:01:23+01:00 List-Id: In article <3AFF40AF.C7FB3D9C@uol.com.br>, "Cesar Rabak" wrote: > Edward Rosten wrote: >> >> > What this limit is for C++,Fortran,Lisp,Pascal etcetcetc ? >> >> According to K&R 2nd edition, C guarntees that at least the first 31 >> characters of an internal name are significant. The standard guarntees >> 6 monocase characters for external identifiers, minimum. >> >> -Ed > > The present standard (a.k.a. C99) changes this to: I was referring to the C89(?) standard. C89 compliant (or nearly) compilers are still much more common. However things depending on external linkage are really at the mercy of the linker and library software opn the host system. -ed -- You can't go wrong with psycho-rats. u 9 8 e j r (at) e c s . o x . a c . u k