Re: ISO Studies of underscores vs MixedCase in Ada or C++

[Ian Woods <newspub2@wuggyNOCAPS.org>]

Richard Heathfield <dontmail@address.co.uk.invalid> wrote in
news:bl4e95$re2$2@hercules.btinternet.com: 

> [Uncomfortable with crosspost, but not sure which groups to trim]
> 
> Jack Klein wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Interestingly I see a lot of programmers who prefer CamelMode for
>> function names, yet prefer under_scores in variable names.  In every
>> single case where I have checked, the programmer has done at least
>> some coding for Windows and its Pascal, BASIC, etc., API.  And in
>> every single case they claim that is not where their style came from.
>> Go figure.
> 
> Add another one to your tally. I have written a fair few Windows
> programs. But /before/ that, I had already invented MixedCase for
> myself. I was quite pleased, actually, to discover that the Windows
> API people had copied my style. :-)

Indeed! It's not exactly a huge leap of imagination to go from

somename

to realise that

someName

or

SomeName

is generally easier to spot.

I'm just wondering when someone will pull out a patent on such an obvious 
thing.

Ian Woods