From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Warning: Religious naming convention discussion :-) [was: assign help!!]
Date: 1997/05/16
Date: 1997-05-16T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.863817034@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5li577$ur4@castor.cca.rockwell.com
Wayne says
<<Good point. It is a matter of degree and scope. Single letter variable
names are very appropriate in certain contexts. For example, I use them
extensively as FOR loop variables, since it usually has no meaning other
than to count which iteration we are on.>>
Certainly that's reasonable for small loops. However in the GNAT style
standards, we do not permit the use of the variable I, since in a
sans-serif font, it is too easily mixed up with the digit 1. The single
letter O is a bad choice for similar reasons.
(amusing completely irrelevant anecdote. This morning I called up UA and
asked them to locate a record, I gave the locator as
Tango-Zero-Echo-Echo-Boy-Queen
The agent couldn't find it ...
she was looking for T0EEBQ
my locator was TZEEBQ
:-)
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1997-05-05 0:00 assign help!! Ivan Gou
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-05-07 0:00 ` Charles H. Sampson
1997-05-08 0:00 ` Warning: Religious naming convention discussion :-) [was: assign help!!] John G. Volan
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-09 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Jay Martin
1997-05-09 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-09 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
1997-05-09 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-09 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-10 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-16 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-13 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-16 0:00 ` Wayne Magor
1997-05-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1997-05-18 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-20 0:00 ` naming convention discussion Peter Hermann
1997-05-16 0:00 ` Warning: Religious naming convention discussion :-) [was: assign help!!] John G. Volan
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Ben Brosgol
1997-05-14 0:00 ` naming convention: trailing underscore Peter Hermann
1997-05-14 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-15 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
[not found] ` <dewar.863717431@merv>
1997-05-16 0:00 ` naming convention discussion Peter Hermann
1997-05-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-20 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1997-05-16 0:00 ` Warning: Religious naming convention discussion :-) [was: assign help!!] Robert A Duff
1997-05-18 0:00 ` Underscores in identifiers (was: Warning: Religious naming convention discussion :-) Ben Brosgol
1997-05-17 0:00 ` Warning: Religious naming convention discussion :-) [was: assign help!!] Arthur Schwarz
1997-05-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-17 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-18 0:00 ` Andrew Dunstan
1997-05-18 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-05-19 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-19 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-10 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-10 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-10 0:00 ` Aaron Metzger
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-13 0:00 ` David L Brown
1997-05-13 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-13 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen FOU.TD/DELAB
1997-05-11 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-12 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-13 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-13 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Do-While Jones
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-05-14 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-14 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-15 0:00 ` Tangent to Religious naming convention discussion W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-15 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1997-05-14 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1997-05-14 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-15 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1997-05-15 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Warning: Religious naming convention discussion :-) [was: assign help!!] Jeff Carter
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-10 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-12 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-12 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-11 0:00 ` Doug Smith
1997-05-12 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-05-16 0:00 ` Wayne Magor
1997-05-16 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-17 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-19 0:00 ` Doug Smith
1997-05-12 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-05-10 0:00 ` assign help!! Simon Wright
1997-05-14 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
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