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From: David Starner <dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu>
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Subject: Re: on package naming, should the word "_pkg" be part of it?
Date: 12 Oct 2001 19:21:07 GMT
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 08:45:21, Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote:
> Because reading:
> 
>    Counter +:= 1;
>    Product *:= 5;
> 
> is less clear than
> 
>    Counter := Counter + 1;
>    Product := Product * 5;

How about:

Counter (SCSU_Element (Active_Windows (Current_Item - Previous_Item)) 
         + 16#80#) +:= 1;

versus

Counter (SCSU_Element (Active_Windows (Current_Item - Previous_Item)) 
         + 16#80#) := 
	Counter (SCSU_Element (Active_Windows (Current_Item - Previous_Item)) 
        + 16#80#) + 1;

? Clarity is one of the real arguments for this syntax, so that you
don't make a mistake retyping the element on the left in these
situations, and so it's easy to tell on reading that the left part is the
same as the right part.

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David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org
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