> Am I insane because I start by search/replace variable names prior > to understand some code from another?
If you're insane, I'm insane with you. I can't really "read" code. Maybe some people can. I can read methods, but visualizing how they fit together and work? That's harder. I like to dig in, rename things, move them around a bit and get my hands dirty. I work on a backup and tend to throw the results of my changes away, but that's how I come to grips with unfamiliar code a lot of the time. By the way, the only reason I use a module prefix is so that names sort in the Explorer. I wouldn't use them at all if we had any sort of namespace mechanism in 4D. Within methods, only have descriptor_type. What I was saying earlier is that I've been very happy expanding my notion of "type" past 4D's primitives. Sometimes, that's all I've got - it's a real of some kind. Fine. But if it's currency, that's a better piece of information - more specific and pretty darn helpful. I picked the idea up from Code Complete years ago, for those that haven't read it lately. ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
