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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 108717,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-05 23:02:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dave Thompson Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ISO Studies of underscores vs MixedCase in Ada or C++ Message-ID: References: <2cfd1a4e.0309252032.3e3c0a1a@posting.google.com> <3F7C37C3.B5469C33@Sonnack.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 06:02:49 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.89.166.33 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1065420169 12.89.166.33 (Mon, 06 Oct 2003 06:02:49 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 06:02:49 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.software-eng:73 comp.programming:441 comp.lang.c++:1021 comp.lang.ada:292 Date: 2003-10-06T06:02:49+00:00 List-Id: On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 15:42:20 -0700, Peter Ammon wrote: > > Or my preference if the tool allows > > > > classmethod : > > access-specifier > > method-type-specifier > > method-return-type-specifier > > method-declaration > > method-body > > > > (In proportional fonts, hyphens are usually skinnier than > > underscores and (to my eye) make the text more readable. > > It's not as noticable with monospace fonts, but I think the > > lower example looks better (read: more readable :-).) > > Agreed! I wish that more languages allowed hyphen use in identifiers. > Dylan is the only one I can think of off the top of my head. > COBOL ! Only embedded, though. My compiler accepts -X as minus X with a warning, but I don't think that's standard. Also the usual suspects: FORTH allows everything but space (and controls); and LISP everything but space, parens, period, quote, backquote, and undoubled slash, if I haven't forgotten anything. - David.Thompson1 at worldnet.att.net