On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Oscar Arevalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> yes, "people" denotes a collection, but what type of collection is it? an > array? a query? a list? a structure of CFCs indexed by the personID? yes, > you can follow the trail on the code to find out what the exact data type > is, but I have found that using a little prefix for the data type helps > giving some clarity to the code; In other words, use variable names like > "qryPeople" (query), "aPeople" (array), "stPeople" (struct) or whatever > convention is adopted on your environment. > > On the other hand, normally there is very little traversal required, and context clues like "cfloop query=" provide all the help I need. Of course, if the code is so bad that you actually do have to roam around to find a type (enough to where it affects you), then I'd much rather spend that time fixing the code than bandaging it. That's just me though. Everyone is free to have differing opinions. =) Sam > > > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Sammy Larbi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:03 AM, Tara Mclean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >>> >>> I will admit that I have questioned my self as to whether this is >>> needed since arPerson would do just fine. Do I need to know what the >>> array contains? And arPerson looks a bit neater. >>> >>> >> What about dropping the "ar" too (is this Person a pirate?) and just call >> it "people." Plurals in variable names mean collections of variables, >> assuming there are some sanity-preserving conventions the writer is >> following. =) >> >> In other words, I'm with Barney on that aspect. >> >> Sammy Larbi >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Oscar Arevalo > http://www.oscararevalo.com > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CFCDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfcdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
