"20+ years? LOL, I have the drop on you.." Depends on how big the + is doesnt it lol... Now if were gonna do a "how long is my d***" I did start with RPG on an ICL2903, though my first real commercial code was in APL but we better stop before someone works out the dates and says were too old to code.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "reflexactions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 3:21 PM > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: const? > > > >I work in a team and have so done for the last 20+ years and never > > yet declared a variable with function level scope as const just to > > prevent some other person coming along later and changing the code > > value of the variable if they think it is needed. > > 20+ years? LOL, I have the drop on you.. > > It's not just 'for some other person', it would be for the original > developer too. > > > ...and if thats was the case why dont we see widespread use of this > > style within Adobe code... > > Bad practice? I haven't gone looking through the adobe code to root this > out. > > > If I need something like pi as a const I would declare a class member > > const for pi, not a function scoped const var. > > Depends if you intend to use the constant outside the function. If it should > be accessible outside the function, it should be a class constant, as you > say. > > > But seems you guys program different from the way we do I guess, > > Yes, but why wouldn't you declare a value intended to be used as a constant, > as const? > > Paul > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "johantrax" <johan.temmerman@> > > wrote: > >> > >> > unless you have a split personality. > >> > >> Well... it might be you just provided the answer there. When working > >> on a project having the size of Flex, you work in a team. > >> Most probably a short function is indeed written by one person. But > >> what guarantees that nobody else will one day pass by and alter your > >> functions? In the case of shared work, defining that variable as a > >> const is a much quicker way of telling others that it's a > >> marker/whatever, than having to put comment out there, saying: > >> //next is a variable > >> //I pray to you and the lord to not change it > >> // because it just holds some value I need to remember > >> var pleaseDoNotChangeMe:Number = 3.1415...; > >> // End of Prayer ;) > >> > >> --Johan > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >
