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

[Jack Klein <jackklein@spamcop.net>]

On 25 Sep 2003 21:32:40 -0700, andy.glew@amd.com (Andy Glew) wrote in
comp.lang.c++:

> I am in search of any rigourous,
> scientific, academic or industrial studies
> comparing naming conventions in
> C++ or similar languages such as
> Ada:
> 
> Specifically, are names formed with
> underscores more or less readable
> than names formed with MixedCase
> StudlyCaps camelCase?

My team is currently working under this guideline as a compromise:

Function names must be CamelMode, but optionally underscores are
allowed, e.g. Camel_Mode.

...or should I say "compromised" guidelines?

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.

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