Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.utanet.at!newscore.univie.ac.at!aconews-feed.univie.ac.at!aconews.univie.ac.at!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer From: Andreas Leitgeb Subject: Re: Call by Result References: Reply-To: avl@logic.at User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-111 (Linux) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: 12 Jun 2011 11:07:32 GMT Lines: 19 NNTP-Posting-Host: gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at X-Trace: 1307876852 tunews.univie.ac.at 5640 128.130.175.3 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tuwien.ac.at Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:5232 Peter Duniho wrote: > In Hungarian, a function would never ever be named "sMyFunction". It > might be named something like "StrMyFunction" or "SzMyFunction" or > "PstMyFunction", etc. depending on the actual return type. The only "difference" seems to be the multichar type prefix and that the prefix starts with uppercase letter. Did I miss something? I guess, even the "Sz" is just the Hungarian(language) version of a plain "S"(which in Hungarian language would be pronounced like "sh" if not followed by a "z"). I doubt, that the original HN would have essentially more fans than the MS-variant. > [...] > There are legitimate reasons to decide to use a naming convention other > than Hungarian, but the question of renaming functions isn't among them. 100% agree