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| From | Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: Equates or Synonyms? |
| Date | 2011-11-29 18:13 +1300 |
| Message-ID | <9jj809F4d0U30@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <MPG.293cb9d8c4425bd79896d1@news.eternal-september.org> <9jghddF4d0U23@mid.individual.net> <MPG.293dc12863cb15909896d3@news.eternal-september.org> <9jil6iF570U1@mid.individual.net> <MPG.293e14c4c13b6249896d5@news.eternal-september.org> |
On 11/29/11 06:00 PM, Mike Copeland wrote: > In article<9jil6iF570U1@mid.individual.net>, ian-news@hotmail.com > says... >>>>>> Why do you want a different name when you're not using it? >>>>>> The simplest solution is then to ignore the name. >>>>>> After all, you're not using it. >>>>> >>>>> I only want to use a more descriptive name for the variable in the >>>>> application code. I want to maintain _some_ level of useful >>>>> documentation in my code... >>>> >>>> Then don't bother with the name of type, just give the variable a better >>>> name. Try "eventMaximumPace" rather than "EPace". Also heed Alf's >>>> advice about mixing naming convections! >>> >>> That's one reason why I want this capability: I know the name isn't >>> "good", but I have any applications where it's in my code but I want to >>> gradually migrate to the better name. Some of these applications are >>> old and don't need updates right now, so I'd leave them alone for a >>> while while I work on current stuff... >> >> Being somewhat lazy these days, I'd just load up the projects in my >> current IDE and select refactor->rename. Job done. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Huh? What is this? I've never seen or heard of any such "IDE > capability" (of course, I use VS6.0, which everyone constantly tells me > it sucks...).<sigh...> It's a feature of NetBeans and I assume Eclipse as well. All copes of VS6.0 should have self destructed many, many years ago! -- Ian Collins
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Equates or Synonyms? mrc2323@cox.net (Mike Copeland) - 2011-11-27 16:07 -0700
Re: Equates or Synonyms? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-28 12:50 +1300
Re: Equates or Synonyms? mrc2323@cox.net (Mike Copeland) - 2011-11-27 21:21 -0700
Re: Equates or Synonyms? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2011-11-28 02:41 +0100
Re: Equates or Synonyms? mrc2323@cox.net (Mike Copeland) - 2011-11-27 21:19 -0700
Re: Equates or Synonyms? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-28 17:35 +1300
Re: Equates or Synonyms? mrc2323@cox.net (Mike Copeland) - 2011-11-28 16:03 -0700
Re: Equates or Synonyms? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-29 12:52 +1300
Re: Equates or Synonyms? mrc2323@cox.net (Mike Copeland) - 2011-11-28 22:00 -0700
Re: Equates or Synonyms? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-29 18:13 +1300
Re: Equates or Synonyms? ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-11-28 23:21 -0600
Re: Equates or Synonyms? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-11-29 12:10 +0000
Re: Equates or Synonyms? Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-11-28 01:40 -0600
Re: Equates or Synonyms? Stuart Redmann <DerTopper@web.de> - 2011-11-28 02:38 -0800
Re: Equates or Synonyms? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-11-28 13:24 +0000
Re: Equates or Synonyms? "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-28 19:21 +0000
Re: Equates or Synonyms? mrc2323@cox.net (Mike Copeland) - 2011-11-28 16:14 -0700
Re: Equates or Synonyms? Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <kon@iki.fi> - 2011-11-29 09:01 +0200
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