Re: Naming convention to identify functions with side effects

["Dr. Adrian Wrigley" <amtw@linuxchip.demon.co.uk.uk.uk>]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:17:42 -0700, Hibou57 wrote:

> Hello every body out there,
> 
> Do some one know a commonly used or at least a good, naming convention
> to identify functions with side effects ?

All functions have side effects - unless you prefix them with "Pure_".

So you would have:

function Pure_Polynomial (...) return Float;

Programmers generally expect functions not to be pure.  So mark the ones
which are pure to alert the user.  If you can be bothered.

I've never seen it used though!
--
Adrian