Re: Spell-checking source code

["Jakob Bieling" <netsurf@gmy.net>]

<brougham5@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Jakob Bieling" <netsurf@gmy.net> wrote:
>
> >Not sure where I picked that habit up, but I guess it is pure laziness.
> >I could not imagine having to type those long names everytime you use
them.
>
> Neither can I.  I rarely abbreviate in a variable name.  But I rely on
code
> completion in my editor to save typing those keystrokes.

    As a said in the other post: For function local variables, mine does not
have that feature.

> The problem is that once you start abbreviating, odds are some
abbreviations
> are not going to be consistent.  I've seen nbr, no, nu, or num instead of
> number.  Using an editor that will complete nu to number might make your
> life easier in a multi-person project.

    Yes, I do write 'num' instead of number. Or I also write 'msg' instead
of message, or 'ips' for an 'InterProcessSynchronisation' handle. In case of
ips, I might not know what it is without context. But when seeing that
variable used in a function call, it is clear what it is supposed to be.
Along with the comments in the code, I find it justified and not overly hard
to read.

regards
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jb

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