Re: strings or enums?

From	Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: strings or enums?
Date	2023-08-05 09:45 -0700
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> writes:

> On 02/08/2023 22:54, David Brown wrote:
>
>> On 02/08/2023 18:30, Malcolm McLean wrote:
>>
>>> On Wednesday, 2 August 2023 at 17:28:39 UTC+1, David Brown wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 02/08/2023 18:00, Malcolm McLean wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If whitespace is disallowed, humans prefer names which are
>>>>> simply concatenated.
>>>>
>>>> You do not speak for humanity.
>>>
>>> Experiments have been done.  I can't remember the references off
>>> the top of my head.
>>
>> I don't believe you.  (I'm not saying you are lying, merely
>> mistaken or misremembering.)  [...]
>
> It's certainly not my experience, and I've never seen a coding
> standard that suggests it.
>
> Compare
>
> loadasutf8wthknownformat
>
> with
> LoadAsUtf8WithKnownFormat (or loadAsUtf8WithKnownFormat)
>
> or
> load_as_utf8_with_known_format
>
> And also think would you spot loadasutf8wthunknownformat?

The idea that the just-concatenate style is widely preferred or
easier to read is completely deranged.  And, I am confident, easy
to debunk through objective experimentation.

Thread

strings or enums? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-07-29 03:20 -0700
  Re: strings or enums? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-29 06:43 -0700
    Re: strings or enums? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-07-29 07:21 -0700
      Re: strings or enums? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-08-02 13:45 -0700
  Re: strings or enums? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-07-29 21:35 +0100
    Re: strings or enums? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-07-30 08:28 -0700
      Re: strings or enums? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2023-07-30 12:19 -0400
      Re: strings or enums? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-07-30 18:09 +0100
        Re: strings or enums? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-07-30 11:00 -0700
          Re: strings or enums? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-07-30 20:15 +0100
            Re: strings or enums? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-07-31 04:23 -0700
  Re: strings or enums? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-08-01 20:16 +0200
    Re: strings or enums? Paul N <gw7rib@aol.com> - 2023-08-02 06:30 -0700
      Re: strings or enums? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-08-02 18:26 +0200
        Re: strings or enums? Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@gmail.com> - 2023-08-02 13:34 -0400
          Re: strings or enums? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-08-02 23:50 +0200
    Re: strings or enums? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-08-02 08:40 -0700
      Re: strings or enums? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-08-02 08:54 -0700
        Re: strings or enums? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-08-02 09:00 -0700
          Re: strings or enums? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-08-02 09:14 -0700
            Re: strings or enums? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-08-02 16:21 +0000
              Re: strings or enums? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-08-02 09:23 -0700
                Re: strings or enums? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-08-02 10:00 -0700
              Re: strings or enums? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-08-02 09:28 -0700
            Re: strings or enums? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-08-02 09:22 -0700
          Re: strings or enums? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-08-02 18:28 +0200
            Re: strings or enums? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-08-02 09:30 -0700
              Re: strings or enums? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-08-02 10:04 -0700
                Re: strings or enums? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2023-08-02 10:07 -0700
              Re: strings or enums? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-08-02 23:54 +0200
                Re: strings or enums? Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2023-08-05 11:47 +0100
                Re: strings or enums? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-08-05 09:45 -0700
    Re: strings or enums? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-08-02 08:52 -0700
      Re: strings or enums? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-08-02 18:29 +0200

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