From: BrianG <briang000@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: confusion with string initialization
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:26:26 -0400
Date: 2010-04-28T09:26:26-04:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <hran85$ot2$3@news.eternal-september.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874oixmfe3.fsf@hugsarin.sparre-andersen.dk>
Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> J-P. Rosen wrote:
...
>> Because it makes lisibility a lot better by drawing attention of the
>> reader on what actually the thing does, and getting rid of useless
>> information that you can find easily by clicking on the identifier and
>> selecting "go to declaration".
>>
...
>
> But simply referring the students to a "go to declaration" feature in
> their editors might also be a solution, once the code is in an editor.
>
And (depending on the editor) once it has been compiled, or even is able
to be compiled.
A middle ground might be to limit yourself to a single use - then you
know where something is from, if it's not obvious.
Personally, I prefer a renames if I want to declutter the code (once
you've reached that, if you're teaching).
--Brian
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-17 13:21 confusion with string initialization brett
2010-04-17 13:06 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-04-17 17:42 `
2010-04-17 19:01 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-04-17 21:30 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2010-04-18 2:13 ` brett
2010-04-18 13:36 ` Alex Mentis
2010-04-19 14:54 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2010-04-19 14:12 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-04-19 18:20 ` John B. Matthews
2010-04-19 23:18 ` Adam Beneschan
2010-04-20 3:37 ` John B. Matthews
2010-04-27 9:08 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2010-04-28 13:26 ` BrianG [this message]
2010-04-19 19:48 `
2010-04-19 20:05 ` Warren
2010-04-19 20:06 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-04-21 1:12 ` brett
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