One of the programming standards I've seen names all equates with a trailing $. System subroutines start with a $ and I thought this was a pretty slick way of knowing instantly that it's an equate, not a variable, while browsing the source code.
BobW > > Coming from a C background, I always use EQUates for any constant > that isn't going to change. I look at EQUates the same as a C > #define statement. I bet you instructor didn't like that use of > EQUates because he's see too many times where somebody forgets that > the "variable" is really a constant and gets an error when trying to > assign a value to the constant. That is specifically why I like to > use EQUates like this, so I don't have to worry about a constant > getting clobbered. > > Ray ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
