[TUHS] early cc variable and function names

[Clem Cole]

Larry - AMEN.

The key is that in the old days it was much easier to glance and code and
know which struct or union was being examined.  Today, that context is lost
and I have to think more about what the type of the ptr is.   Yes the
>>compiler<< knows, but I as the random programmer reading the code later
do not.

Larry and my experiences with very, very good programmers is the same.

Clem

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 11:46 PM, John Cowan <cowan at mercury.ccil.org> wrote:

> Larry McVoy scripsit:
>
> > xyz.size
> > abc.size
> > foobar.size
> >
> > What are the types of those structures?
>
> You can't tell because the names are meaningless.  With more meaningful
> names, it's usually possible to see what the type must be.
>
> --
> John Cowan          http://www.ccil.org/~cowan        cowan at ccil.org
> I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less
> than half of you half as well as you deserve.  --Bilbo
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