On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 10:43:41PM -0500, Keith Gable wrote:
> On 6/25/07, Mike Caron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_notation (which I never
> > > use-- just an illustration of a similar concept)
> >
> > Hungarian notation is a bane to all of existence.
> >
> > Well, maybe it's not that bad, but my variables are usually unadorned.
> 
> I've been doing this since I started using VB and was totally unaware
> that someone else thought of that idea too. Hm.
> 
> But if we're really looking for getting rid of the Dim str$ stuff,
> maybe naming it strWhatever will make everyone happy? I dunno. It's
> really not a big deal AFAICT, it's just the act of changing them that
> will be the pain.

Nah. This debate is mostly a philosophical one, and actually has very 
little bearing on how the OHR will be developed. Our current coding 
style standard is:

1) when editing existing code just to try to make your code style match 
the code around it

2) when writing new code make a reasonable effort for it not to suck :)

See Also: BIG BALL OF MUD: http://www.laputan.org/mud/

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James Paige
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