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: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-25 18:44:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!newsfeeds.bigpond.com!not-for-mail From: robin Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? Message-ID: Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 01:29:05 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.134.49.177 X-Trace: newsfeeds.bigpond.com 990840545 144.134.49.177 (Sat, 26 May 2001 11:29:05 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 11:29:05 EST Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:9937 comp.lang.ada:7791 comp.lang.awk:2604 comp.lang.clarion:20380 comp.lang.java.programmer:70945 comp.lang.pl1:643 comp.lang.vrml:3330 Date: 2001-05-26T01:29:05+00:00 List-Id: jschauma@netmeister.org (Jan Schaumann) writes: > * Chris Smith wrote: > > "00001111" <00001111@my-deja.net> wrote ... > > > Anybody use variables/names longer than 31 character > > > and finds it really useful ? > > > > Yes, I do occasionally use very long identifiers. Normally, I do so when I > > am using a lot of identifiers according to a set naming convention. For > > example, I might, in a Swing GUI application, declare an Action subclass > > called: > > > > viewPreferencesGeneralOptionsAction > > > > That's 35 characters. If that's really my menu structure (that is, view | > > prefs | general | options) then I really want to use that variable name. > > viewPrefsGenOptAction - that's 21, and just as readable. er -- unreadable. view_Prefs_Gen_Opt_Action is better style. > -Jan > -- > Jan Schaumann > http://www.netmeister.org