Author: Heiner Marxen
Date: 10:08:46 03/05/04
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On March 05, 2004 at 11:08:29, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >On March 05, 2004 at 10:44:49, Roberto Nerici wrote: > >>>When we are at it, why does almost everyone today uses camel case for namnig >>>variables? >>> >>>doYouThinkThatCamelCaseIsEasierForReading >>>or_maybe_using_underscores_is_more_readable ?! >>> >>>The coding conventions of Windows API, MFC, Java, C# all use camel case for >>>variables. STL is the only place where I can see underscores used. >> >>If you're using hungarian notation, you're probably already starting variables >>with a lower case letter... >> >>I always used to use CapitalisedWords for variables and words_with_underscores >>for functions. But I tend to use the former for everything now. Don't know >>why... shorter? > >But isn't it easier to read underscored variables? Compare these two: > >variableUsingCamelCaseNamingStartsWithLowerCase >variable_using_underscores_to_seperate_its_parts > >Is it only me that has an easier time reading the latter? No, you are not the only one: I agree with you, here. But then, I _do_ use _both_ notations: underscores in function names, and CamelCase (funny word, just learned it in this thread) for types. Cheers, Heiner
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