(Ack, meant to include the list.) > That's a choice I made deliberately. It would be possible to use commas, but > then you HAVE to use them everywhere.
Yeah. I was just thinking aloud. I am totally fine keeping variable names short :) On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 7:24 PM, David A. Wheeler <dwhee...@dwheeler.com> wrote: >> Yeah, all those options make sense. More generally, my lesson is that >> infix is more valuable when you can keep the variable names short. In >> general, the fact that we can't use commas in function arguments makes >> long variable names more klunky than in other languages. > > That's a choice I made deliberately. It would be possible to use commas, but > then you HAVE to use them everywhere. They're completely unnecessary, since > you have to group infix and prefix operators anyway. They also hide > comma-lifting, they make function calls really different from normal. I > played around with them and decided the drawbacks were worse than the > benefits. > > You can also use variable names with other symbols. Ada programs tend to use > _ as a word separator inside a variable name, it works well. > > --- David A. Wheeler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Readable-discuss mailing list Readable-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/readable-discuss
