On Wednesday, August 17, 2011 09:01:02 Jacob Carlborg wrote: > On 2011-08-16 22:01, Jonathan M Davis wrote: > > On Tuesday, August 16, 2011 18:47:44 Jacob Carlborg wrote: > >> BTW, do we have style guides for abbreviations like this? > > > > No. The style guide says camelcase, but it doesn't specify how to deal > > with abbreviations. Personally, I think that it should be dealt with on > > a case by case basis, since what works best depends on the > > abbreviation, but in general, I prefer all caps. > > > > - Jonathan M Davis > > There's also the question when having abbreviations in a method name: > > sendToHTTP > > or > > sendToHttp > > In general think abbreviations should be avoided except when the > abbreviation is better known, e.g. HTTP, FTP and so on. I like camlecase > better than all caps both for class names and method names.
I meant that I generally prefer all caps for the abbreviations (e.g. sentToHTTP rather than sendToHttp). I definitely think that the function names should be camelcased and the types should be pascal cased - which is what the d style is. And yes, abbreviations should only be used when they're appropriately clear. Function names should be as short as we can reasonably make them and still have them be clear, but clarity ranks higher than brevity when it comes to picking good function names IMHO. - Jonathan M Davis
