RE: Best Practices (was: Re: 33 and 33d the same?

2002-08-14 Thread Matthew Walker
Sorry about that. One of the problems with living in the Southern Hemisphere is that it is very difficult to follow and provide constructive input into a thread. I wake up to a vast proliferation of email every morning, but during my day the list is largely silent. I never really experience the th

Re: Best Practices (was: Re: 33 and 33d the same?

2002-08-14 Thread Sean A Corfield
On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 04:22 , Matthew Walker wrote: > In this particular case I didn't think the thread had changed. I thought > I was talking about whether the concept of using Compare() negated the > existence of the issue regarding 33d. I was just woken up and was eating > breakfast

RE: Best Practices (was: Re: 33 and 33d the same?

2002-08-14 Thread Matthew Walker
> And as an example, that's one I would disagree (vehemently) > with, unless > 'x' is a boolean (true/false). > > If 'x' is genuinely boolean, then '' is the more > intentional way > to write it (although 'x' is a *terrible* name for a boolean > variable! :) > > If 'x' is an integer, then t

Re: Best Practices (was: Re: 33 and 33d the same?

2002-08-14 Thread Sean A Corfield
On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 11:42 , Matthew Walker wrote: > Interesting. I would do this for readability, not speed. To take a > common example I would see > > > > as more readable and immediately understandable than > > Ugh! :) I'd always write the latter (or <... eq 1> since I'm usually