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Re: nomenclature

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On 10/2/12 12:51 PM, bob smith wrote:
> Is this sort of thing bad practice (using parameter names that are the same as my field names in the constructor)?
>
>
>
> public My_Rectangle(double x, double y, double width, double height) {
> 		this.x=x;
> 		this.y=y;
> 		this.width=width;
> 		this.height=height;
>
> }
>

If you are considering objecting because it requires "this.", I actually 
find that to be a useful syntax, and my constructors (and setters) use 
it, even if there isn't a name collision with local symbols.

Most experienced Java programmers will take more exception with the 
class name.  Java convention would suggest MyRectangle, not My_Rectangle.

I've seen people try to avoid "name collisions", with ugly results. 
Underscores before members, or before parameters, or other such 
conventions.  Ugly... ugly.

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nomenclature bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-10-02 12:51 -0700
  Re: nomenclature Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-10-02 15:58 -0400
  Re: nomenclature Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-02 13:05 -0700
  Re: nomenclature Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-10-02 13:18 -0700
    Re: nomenclature Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-02 13:22 -0700
      Re: nomenclature Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-10-02 13:47 -0700
  Re: nomenclature markspace <-@.> - 2012-10-02 14:27 -0700
  Re: nomenclature Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-10-02 17:38 -0400
    Re: nomenclature Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2012-10-05 16:38 +0000
      Re: nomenclature Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-10-05 20:28 -0400
  Re: nomenclature Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-10-03 16:02 -0700

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