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,LOTS_OF_MONEY 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: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-25 18:54:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!falcon.america.net!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!news.imp.ch!uni-erlangen.de!news-nue1.dfn.de!news-lei1.dfn.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!amsnews01.chello.com!nntp1.chello.se!not-for-mail From: "Jonas Lindstr�m" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml References: Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 01:56:57 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.150.248.108 X-Complaints-To: abuse@chello.se X-Trace: nntp1.chello.se 990842217 193.150.248.108 (Sat, 26 May 2001 03:56:57 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 03:56:57 MET DST Organization: chello broadband Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:9940 comp.lang.ada:7793 comp.lang.awk:2607 comp.lang.clarion:20383 comp.lang.java.programmer:70948 comp.lang.pl1:645 comp.lang.vrml:3332 Date: 2001-05-26T01:56:57+00:00 List-Id: "robin" wrote in message news:BFDP6.20482$hV3.23034@newsfeeds.bigpond.com... > 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. That depends on which language you are using. /Jonas L