On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:16:20 -0600, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > > Ever since I worked with STL, I fell in love with > names_with_underscores. I can't explain it, but my feeling is that code > using that convention is calm and levelheaded. Camel case forces me to > think of one-word names because at the second word some beauty is > already lost; never felt the same with the underscores. If I could go > back in time I'd propose that convention throughout. > > Andrei
Hehe. This the one only case I'm happy we can't turn back the time ;) For me camelCase is *much* more beautiful than underscores. When reading STL code my eyes coupled with brain have difficulties with instant distinction where the name exactly starts and ends (thanks to intention of simulating spaces). PS. One worders are the best, of course. Cheers Piotrek