Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code?

From	Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code?
Date	2012-04-20 14:31 +0900
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Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> writes:
>>  Certainly not "annoyingly long".
>
> Actually, I agree -- I personally am fine with them (even with that
> CloseDown) as should be clear from my post. I was simply relating to
> Miles Bader's point "because the constant repetition obscures what's
> actually meaningful" --
> "annoying" seems to be a fair summary of this quote, doesn't it?

But X, with its short-n-sweet prefix is both an exception (obviously
not every package can use a single-letter name, and meaningful names
tend to be much olonger), and illustration of another problem with
hard-wired prefixes:

Because they're attached to _everything_ software authors often try to
pick the shortest possible prefix they think they can get away with,
which can result in both some awkward naming (your package is called
"ThreadExplorer", and has a module called "Manager", but you use a
prefix of "threxmgr" -- not _that_ bad, but you can see how things can
get shaky), and skipping some naming altogether (i.e., everything just
gets shoved into the top-level "namespace").

-miles

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Methods for understanding complex, real world,  C++ code? mathog <dmathog@gmail.com> - 2012-04-10 08:54 -0700
  Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? "K. Frank" <kfrank29.c@gmail.com> - 2012-04-10 12:55 -0700
    Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Noah Roberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2012-04-11 09:23 -0700
      Writing extensions, like VBA "macros", Perl or JavaScript.  @Jeff-Relf.Me - 2012-04-11 11:22 -0700
      Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2012-04-11 14:35 -0500
      Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-04-11 21:53 +0000
        Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? mathog <dmathog@gmail.com> - 2012-04-12 12:01 -0700
      Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? "K. Frank" <kfrank29.c@gmail.com> - 2012-04-11 16:06 -0700
      Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Christopher Pisz <someone@somewhere.net> - 2012-04-12 11:46 -0500
      Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2012-04-12 22:32 -0400
        Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-04-13 02:16 -0700
          Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-04-15 10:21 +0000
            Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2012-04-15 19:33 -0400
              Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2012-04-16 09:59 +0900
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2012-04-15 21:32 -0400
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2012-04-17 09:32 +0900
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2012-04-17 02:06 +0000
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2012-04-17 11:35 +0900
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-17 16:06 +1200
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2012-04-17 15:24 +0000
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2012-04-18 04:50 +0900
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2012-04-17 20:18 +0000
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2012-04-18 10:31 +0900
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2012-04-18 01:36 +0000
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2012-04-18 11:00 +0900
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2012-04-18 22:09 -0400
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2012-04-19 11:41 +0900
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2012-04-18 23:04 -0400
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2012-04-19 13:33 +0900
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-19 15:56 +1200
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2012-04-19 22:54 -0400
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2012-04-20 14:31 +0900
              Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Tobias Müller <troplin@bluewin.ch> - 2012-04-16 06:39 +0000
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2012-04-18 22:25 -0400
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-04-19 13:58 +0000
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2012-04-19 23:39 -0400
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-04-22 16:37 +0000
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Dombo <dombo@disposable.invalid> - 2012-04-19 23:20 +0200
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2012-04-19 23:54 -0400
              Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-04-17 03:50 -0700
                Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-04-17 12:01 +0000
  Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world,  C++ code? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-11 08:04 +1200
  Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world,  C++ code? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-04-10 22:26 +0000
    Rewrite it.  @Jeff-Relf.Me - 2012-04-10 16:31 -0700
      Re: Rewrite it.  nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-04-11 01:20 -0700
        Re: Rewrite it. ï»¿ï»¿ Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-04-11 10:06 +0100
          Re: Rewrite it.  nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-04-11 03:45 -0700
            Building a "house" that you can live in for decades to come.  @Jeff-Relf.Me - 2012-04-11 08:52 -0700
              Re: Building a "house" that you can live in for decades to come.  Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2012-04-12 13:19 +0900
    Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? "K. Frank" <kfrank29.c@gmail.com> - 2012-04-10 17:37 -0700
      Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2012-04-12 21:40 -0400
  Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world,  C++ code? michael.boehnisch@gmail.com - 2012-04-10 17:29 -0700
    Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world,  C++ code? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-04-11 10:02 +0100
  Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world,  C++ code? jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2012-04-11 22:36 +0000
    Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Noah Roberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2012-04-11 16:05 -0700
      Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world, C++ code? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-11 19:37 -0500
  Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world,  C++ code? Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2012-04-12 21:48 -0400
    Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world,  C++ code? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-04-15 09:56 +0000
      Re: Methods for understanding complex, real world,  C++ code? Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2012-04-15 19:43 -0400

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