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: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-24 23:14:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!cyclone-sjo1.usenetserver.com!news-out-sjo.usenetserver.com!e420r-sjo4.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.sttls1.wa.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Patrick Logan" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml References: <3B0DBD4A.82943473@my-deja.net> Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 06:12:51 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.0.48.139 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.sttls1.wa.home.com 990771171 24.0.48.139 (Thu, 24 May 2001 23:12:51 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 23:12:51 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:9883 comp.lang.ada:7750 comp.lang.awk:2586 comp.lang.clarion:20308 comp.lang.java.programmer:70598 comp.lang.pl1:630 comp.lang.vrml:3311 Date: 2001-05-25T06:12:51+00:00 List-Id: "00001111" <00001111@my-deja.net> wrote in message news:3B0DBD4A.82943473@my-deja.net... > > Anybody use variables/names longer than 31 character > and finds it really useful ? > > Then please respond why, where, when. (1) Source code generators can easily generate new names when they do not have to consider name length. [All kinds of limits can be reached more easily by automatic generator tools. This used to be very common. Newer compilers have taken this into consideration based on experience.] (2) Editors with completion make long names tolerable. Languages without name space mechanisms make long names necessary. Readable code includes names longer than 31 character sometimes when programmers combine longer, unabbreviated names. But hopefully not often. -- Patrick Logan mailto:patrickdlogan@home.com