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Overuse of 'auto'

Started byJuha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid>
First post2022-12-08 12:31 +0000
Last post2023-01-04 00:22 -0800
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  Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-08 12:31 +0000
    Re: Overuse of 'auto' Bo Persson <bo@bo-persson.se> - 2022-12-08 15:25 +0100
    Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-12-08 15:48 +0000
      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc.corp> - 2022-12-08 19:29 +0000
        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-12-09 15:52 +0000
      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-09 12:52 +0000
        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2022-12-09 05:03 -0800
          Re: Overuse of 'auto' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-12-09 14:15 +0000
          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-12 06:59 +0000
        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2022-12-17 16:53 +0000
          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-19 07:32 +0000
    Re: Overuse of 'auto' Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-12-08 07:59 -0800
      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-09 12:56 +0000
        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-12-09 07:57 -0800
        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-09 17:44 +0000
          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Andreas Dehmel <blackhole.8.zarquon42@spamgourmet.com> - 2022-12-09 21:01 +0100
            Re: Overuse of 'auto' Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-09 20:47 +0000
              Re: Overuse of 'auto' Andreas Dehmel <blackhole.8.zarquon42@spamgourmet.com> - 2022-12-10 14:48 +0100
                Re: Overuse of 'auto' Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-10 21:52 +0000
                  Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-12-11 00:29 +0100
                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' Andreas Dehmel <blackhole.8.zarquon42@spamgourmet.com> - 2022-12-11 14:37 +0100
                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-12-12 09:35 +0100
                Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-11 16:42 +0100
            Re: Overuse of 'auto' Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-12-09 13:07 -0800
          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-12 07:14 +0000
            Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-12 08:54 +0100
              Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-12 11:31 +0000
                Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-12 16:11 +0100
                  Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-12 15:59 +0000
                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-12-12 17:17 +0000
                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Ike Naar <ike@sdf.org> - 2022-12-12 22:02 +0000
                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-12-12 22:41 +0000
                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-12-12 16:00 -0800
                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2022-12-13 02:48 -0500
                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-13 00:03 -0800
                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-12-13 14:39 +0200
                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-13 14:10 +0100
                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-12-13 14:59 +0000
                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-13 13:07 -0800
                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-13 08:24 +0000
                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Udo Steinbach <trashcan@udoline.de> - 2022-12-14 17:50 +0100
                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-12-14 17:13 +0000
                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-12-14 20:01 +0200
                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-12-14 18:12 +0000
                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-12-12 10:25 -0800
                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-13 08:32 +0000
                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-12-13 01:11 -0800
                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-13 14:31 +0100
                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-13 13:42 +0000
                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-13 09:42 +0100
                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-13 10:20 +0000
                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-13 11:10 +0000
                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-12-13 15:58 +0000
                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-14 06:23 +0000
                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-14 07:36 +0000
                                Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-12-14 09:43 +0000
                                  Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-14 12:19 +0000
                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-12-14 16:24 +0000
                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-19 07:35 +0000
                                Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-14 14:11 +0100
                                  Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-14 12:17 -0800
                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-15 08:53 +0100
                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-16 21:41 -0800
                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-17 15:34 +0100
                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-17 13:27 -0800
                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-17 13:32 -0800
                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-19 07:58 +0000
                                  Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-19 07:46 +0000
                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-12-19 14:55 +0200
                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-19 15:24 +0000
                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-12-19 22:03 +0200
                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-12-19 20:38 +0000
                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-12-19 22:54 +0200
                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' Tony Oliver <guinness.tony@gmail.com> - 2022-12-19 16:38 -0800
                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-19 19:18 -0800
                                                Re: Overuse of 'auto' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-12-20 14:51 +0000
                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-20 08:23 +0100
                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-12-20 17:52 +0100
                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-12-20 17:56 +0100
                                                Re: Overuse of 'auto' Ralf Goertz <me@myprovider.invalid> - 2022-12-21 11:22 +0100
                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-19 14:05 +0100
                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-19 15:37 +0000
                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-19 19:25 +0100
                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-20 06:09 +0000
                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-20 13:32 +0100
                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-20 13:49 +0000
                                                Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-20 14:28 +0000
                                                  Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-12-20 15:49 +0000
                                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-20 18:33 +0100
                                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-12-20 09:45 -0800
                                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-12-20 20:29 +0200
                                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-12-21 10:26 +0000
                                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-12-21 15:40 +0000
                                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-12-21 15:58 +0000
                                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-12-21 11:12 -0500
                                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-12-21 17:16 +0000
                                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-21 17:22 +0000
                                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-12-21 16:23 +0000
                                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-12-21 16:58 +0000
                                                                Re: Overuse of 'auto' Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-12-21 12:02 -0500
                                                                  Re: Overuse of 'auto' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-12-21 17:18 +0000
                                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-12-21 10:24 -0800
                                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-21 06:10 +0000
                                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-12-21 10:35 +0000
                                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-21 11:05 +0000
                                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-12-21 11:13 +0000
                                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-21 11:21 +0000
                                                Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-20 16:19 +0100
                                                  Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-21 06:00 +0000
                                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-21 10:32 +0100
                                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-21 11:11 +0000
                                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-21 13:05 +0100
                                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-12-21 15:31 +0000
                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-19 16:55 +0000
                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-19 18:04 +0000
                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-12-19 10:28 -0800
                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-19 19:20 -0800
                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2022-12-19 22:13 -0800
                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-19 22:20 -0800
                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-19 22:23 -0800
                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-20 06:12 +0000
                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-12-19 22:45 +0200
                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-20 06:16 +0000
                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-12-20 10:22 +0200
                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-20 10:39 +0000
                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-12-28 21:09 -0800
                                                Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-29 20:16 +0000
                                                Re: Overuse of 'auto' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-12-29 13:25 -0800
                                                  Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-31 15:00 +0000
                                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-31 16:20 +0100
                                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2022-12-31 14:47 -0800
                                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' "daniel...@gmail.com" <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2022-12-31 17:47 -0800
                                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' "daniel...@gmail.com" <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2022-12-31 07:58 -0800
                                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' Jack Lemmon <invalid@invalid.net> - 2022-12-31 18:03 +0000
                                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2022-12-31 14:46 -0800
                                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-03 06:24 +0000
                                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2023-01-03 01:49 -0800
                                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-03 10:05 +0000
                                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-01-03 10:14 +0000
                                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-03 11:04 +0000
                                                                Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-01-03 15:20 +0000
                                                                  Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-04 07:23 +0000
                                                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-01-03 23:29 -0800
                                                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-01-03 23:30 -0800
                                                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-01-04 01:41 -0800
                                                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-04 08:35 +0000
                                                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-01-04 22:48 +0000
                                                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-05 09:14 +0000
                                                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-01-05 16:34 +0100
                                                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-06 13:02 +0000
                                                                                Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-01-06 14:31 +0100
                                                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-01-05 16:48 +0000
                                                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-06 13:18 +0000
                                                                                Re: Overuse of 'auto' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-01-06 16:45 +0000
                                                                                  Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-09 05:17 +0000
                                                                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2023-01-09 00:45 -0800
                                                                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-01-09 13:26 +0100
                                                                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-10 05:56 +0000
                                                                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2023-01-09 22:48 -0800
                                                                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-10 11:08 +0000
                                                                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2023-01-10 03:28 -0800
                                                                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-01-10 16:26 +0100
                                                                                                Re: Overuse of 'auto' Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2023-01-10 07:48 -0800
                                                                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-01-10 09:11 +0100
                                                                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-01-10 17:16 +0000
                                                                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-01-10 21:38 +0100
                                                                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-01-10 12:48 -0800
                                                                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-11 05:47 +0000
                                                                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-01-11 09:21 +0000
                                                                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-13 07:51 +0000
                                                                                                Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-01-13 10:14 +0000
                                                                                                  Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-13 12:45 +0000
                                                                                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-01-13 14:08 +0000
                                                                                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Daniel <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2023-01-13 06:18 -0800
                                                                                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-14 07:24 +0000
                                                                                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-01-16 11:17 +0100
                                                                                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-24 07:17 +0000
                                                                                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-01-24 09:35 +0100
                                                                                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-01-24 03:09 -0800
                                                                                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-01-13 16:08 +0000
                                                                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-01-11 13:20 +0100
                                                                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-01-23 23:23 -0800
                                                                                                Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-01-23 23:26 -0800
                                                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-01-04 09:23 +0000
                                                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-04 11:03 +0000
                                                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-01-04 11:31 +0000
                                                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2023-01-04 13:09 +0000
                                                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-01-04 15:58 +0000
                                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' "daniel...@gmail.com" <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2023-01-03 10:49 -0800
                                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-01-03 15:57 -0800
                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-20 13:32 +0100
                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-20 13:52 +0000
                                                Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-20 16:20 +0100
                                                  Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-21 06:12 +0000
                                                    Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-20 22:31 -0800
                                                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-21 06:41 +0000
                                                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-21 11:25 +0100
                                                          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-21 11:14 +0000
                                                            Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-21 13:42 +0100
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                                                  Re: Overuse of 'auto' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-12-20 01:01 -0800
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                                              Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-12-20 10:18 +0000
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                                                  Re: Overuse of 'auto' Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-12-20 11:19 +0000
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                      Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-15 10:34 +0100
        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-12-09 13:05 -0800
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      Re: Overuse of 'auto' "daniel...@gmail.com" <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2022-12-10 15:39 -0800
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              Re: Overuse of 'auto' Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-12-19 09:06 +0000
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                        Re: Overuse of 'auto' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-20 18:39 +0100
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    Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-11 14:31 -0800
    Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-12 16:04 -0800
      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-13 00:33 +0000
        Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-12 17:13 -0800
          Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-12 17:25 -0800
            Re: Overuse of 'auto' Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-13 01:47 +0000
              Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-12 17:48 -0800
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          Re: Overuse of 'auto' Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-13 11:38 +0000
            Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-13 13:09 -0800
      Re: Overuse of 'auto' Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2022-12-15 22:29 +0100
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        Re: Overuse of 'auto' Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2022-12-14 08:36 -0800
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          Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-19 19:11 -0800
    Re: Overuse of 'auto' "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-19 21:09 -0800
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#88374

FromMuttley@dastardlyhq.com
Date2023-01-03 15:20 +0000
Message-ID<tp1h3n$2gr$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#88372
On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 11:04:34 -0000 (UTC)
Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> wrote:
>Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
>> Your opinion isn't the issue. The problem is you effectively calling anyone
>> who disagreed with you an idiot.
>
>Where did I do that?

I'm not trawling back through loads of posts but you know you did. Not 
directly but phrases like "Why is it so hard for you to understand" etc.

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#88382

FromJuha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid>
Date2023-01-04 07:23 +0000
Message-ID<tp39hr$13sd$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#88374
Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 11:04:34 -0000 (UTC)
> Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> wrote:
>>Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
>>> Your opinion isn't the issue. The problem is you effectively calling anyone
>>> who disagreed with you an idiot.
>>
>>Where did I do that?
> 
> I'm not trawling back through loads of posts but you know you did. Not 
> directly but phrases like "Why is it so hard for you to understand" etc.

In a couple of posts where I have explained in detail what I mean with
"it's not about length but about legibility" I asked at the end if the
other person understand now what I mean.

Is also that an insult?

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#88383

From"Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
Date2023-01-03 23:29 -0800
Message-ID<tp39sp$2dmo3$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#88382
On 1/3/2023 11:23 PM, Juha Nieminen wrote:
> Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
>> On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 11:04:34 -0000 (UTC)
>> Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> wrote:
>>> Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
>>>> Your opinion isn't the issue. The problem is you effectively calling anyone
>>>> who disagreed with you an idiot.
>>>
>>> Where did I do that?
>>
>> I'm not trawling back through loads of posts but you know you did. Not
>> directly but phrases like "Why is it so hard for you to understand" etc.
> 
> In a couple of posts where I have explained in detail what I mean with
> "it's not about length but about legibility" I asked at the end if the
> other person understand now what I mean.
> 
> Is also that an insult?

Wrt me, well, I can read all of your code verbose or not. We can work 
together for sure.

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#88384

From"Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
Date2023-01-03 23:30 -0800
Message-ID<tp39v1$2dmo3$3@dont-email.me>
In reply to#88383
On 1/3/2023 11:29 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> On 1/3/2023 11:23 PM, Juha Nieminen wrote:
>> Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
>>> On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 11:04:34 -0000 (UTC)
>>> Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> wrote:
>>>> Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
>>>>> Your opinion isn't the issue. The problem is you effectively 
>>>>> calling anyone
>>>>> who disagreed with you an idiot.
>>>>
>>>> Where did I do that?
>>>
>>> I'm not trawling back through loads of posts but you know you did. Not
>>> directly but phrases like "Why is it so hard for you to understand" etc.
>>
>> In a couple of posts where I have explained in detail what I mean with
>> "it's not about length but about legibility" I asked at the end if the
>> other person understand now what I mean.
>>
>> Is also that an insult?
> 
> Wrt me, well, I can read all of your code verbose or not. We can work 
> together for sure.

When is last time you read some code that make you think of the 
following song about the code itself?

https://youtu.be/_jCuroTbqBI

;^)

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#88393

From"Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
Date2023-01-04 01:41 -0800
Message-ID<tp3hkr$2dmo3$15@dont-email.me>
In reply to#88384
On 1/3/2023 11:30 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> On 1/3/2023 11:29 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>> On 1/3/2023 11:23 PM, Juha Nieminen wrote:
>>> Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 11:04:34 -0000 (UTC)
>>>> Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
>>>>>> Your opinion isn't the issue. The problem is you effectively 
>>>>>> calling anyone
>>>>>> who disagreed with you an idiot.
>>>>>
>>>>> Where did I do that?
>>>>
>>>> I'm not trawling back through loads of posts but you know you did. Not
>>>> directly but phrases like "Why is it so hard for you to understand" 
>>>> etc.
>>>
>>> In a couple of posts where I have explained in detail what I mean with
>>> "it's not about length but about legibility" I asked at the end if the
>>> other person understand now what I mean.
>>>
>>> Is also that an insult?
>>
>> Wrt me, well, I can read all of your code verbose or not. We can work 
>> together for sure.
> 
> When is last time you read some code that make you think of the 
> following song about the code itself?
> 
> https://youtu.be/_jCuroTbqBI
> 
> ;^)

Actually, there is a funny episode of Silicon Valley on HBO where the 
main character totally blew it with a very beautiful woman wrt tabs vs 
spaces! Damn.

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#88387

FromJuha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid>
Date2023-01-04 08:35 +0000
Message-ID<tp3dpb$n92$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#88383
Chris M. Thomasson <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> In a couple of posts where I have explained in detail what I mean with
>> "it's not about length but about legibility" I asked at the end if the
>> other person understand now what I mean.
>> 
>> Is also that an insult?
> 
> Wrt me, well, I can read all of your code verbose or not. We can work 
> together for sure.

I wish this topic could be discussed with civility and professionalism,
without the hubris.

In retrospect when I wrote that "I have been reading code as a full-time
job for several years now" (which strongly implies "and thus I know what
I'm talking about") might come out as arrogant and self-aggrindizing,
but I honestly do not intend it to be. It's simply the rationale, the
background, of how I have become convinced of this. *Why* I have become
convinced of this. It's not intended as "this is the truth because I
know what I'm talking about", but "I think this is a good thing because
of what I have seen".

But that's indeed so: Having to write unit tests for an existing large
codebase really gives you a perspective of what makes code harder or
easier to read and understand. That's because having to write unit
tests, especially when the goal is 100% code coverage, really requires
you to read and fully understand every line of code (oftentimes it's
not trivial at all to see how the code execution goes into a particular
conditional branch in the code, and it really needs understanding what
the code is doing in order to come up with a good clear unit test that
goes into that branch.)

This goes much deeper than a mere "fix this bug" or "add this
feature", or even "find out what this function is doing", as you really
need to understand all the code in full. Thus, the importance of the
code being easy to understand, and what makes it obfuscated and hard
to understand, becomes extraordinarily important.

So things like "name loop index variables after the thing they are
indexing" are based on those years of experience of having to read
and understand code. It's not just some random idea I'm trying to
impose, nor is it "I'm right and everybody who disagrees is stupid".
It's simply recounting what I have seen and experienced.

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#88402

FromBen Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Date2023-01-04 22:48 +0000
Message-ID<871qo9or0w.fsf@bsb.me.uk>
In reply to#88387
Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> writes:

> I wish this topic could be discussed with civility and professionalism,
> without the hubris.

Yes, that would have been nice, but you presented the matter as black
and white with no nuance or room for alternative perspectives.  That may
well be your sincerely held opinion, but then what discussion, beyond
nodding agreement, are you wishing for here?

When it first appeared that there were sincerely held opinions that
differed from yours, you did not show any interest in finding out what
there were.  In fact, rather than asking for more details, you
frequently "poisoned the well" for any further discussion by saying
things like

  "I very much oppose the brevity-over-clarity style of programming"

and

  "Clearer variable names are better. You will have extremely hard time
  convincing me otherwise."

Suggesting that only a defence of brevity at the expense of clarity, or
an argument for the superiority of more obscure names will do.
Furthermore, you repeatedly presented disagreement as a simple failure
to understand

  "How hard is this to understand, really?"

And examples were often batted away, sometimes with extraordinary broad
(and unfair) accusations such as

  "mathematicians are almost proud about the fact that their scribbles
  are as compressed and cryptic as possible"

Civil?  Professional?  Without hubris?

Now some people may have been "arguing in bad faith" (though not, I
think, the person that was aimed at) but was everyone?  You can't have
thought you were engaging only with trolls or you would not have posted
this wish for a professional discussion.  So when you found yourself
writing

  "so why all this?  I honestly cannot understand."

I think the onus is on you to try to understand "why all this".  Do you
think you could accurately summarise what you believe some of the
respondents have been saying in way that would allow you to refine your
argument to address those points?  If you don't think you could, you
didn't ask enough questions.  Understanding other people's points of
view does not mean you agree with them, but it is a first step in having
a productive discussion.

-- 
Ben.

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#88404

FromJuha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid>
Date2023-01-05 09:14 +0000
Message-ID<tp64d9$6v7$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#88402
Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote:
> When it first appeared that there were sincerely held opinions that
> differed from yours, you did not show any interest in finding out what
> there were.  In fact, rather than asking for more details, you
> frequently "poisoned the well" for any further discussion by saying
> things like
> 
>   "I very much oppose the brevity-over-clarity style of programming"
> 
> and
> 
>   "Clearer variable names are better. You will have extremely hard time
>   convincing me otherwise."

Take into account what those were responses to. It's not like the
person/people I were responding to discussed the topic in an understanding
and casual manner. The posts were almost antagonistic, some of them even
making direct claims that the exact opposite of what I was saying is
true (ie. that abbreviations and acronyms make the code easier to
understand than what I was suggesting). The tone was, especially from
some people, very much "you are very wrong!" My response was just stating
that there's no way I would believe such a thing, because it goes against
what I see with my own eyes.

> Furthermore, you repeatedly presented disagreement as a simple failure
> to understand
> 
>   "How hard is this to understand, really?"

My frustration was in response to numerous repeated rather antagonistic
messages making assertions about what I had been saying that I had as
many times said that they aren't true, that it's a misunderstanding.
(More particular, that I was somehow advocating for longer names, that
"longer names are clearer". This was repeated over, and over, and
over, no matter how many times I repeated that it's not what I'm
saying. Is it any wonder that I got frustrated, having to repeat the
same thing again and again, to no avail?)

> And examples were often batted away, sometimes with extraordinary broad
> (and unfair) accusations such as
> 
>   "mathematicians are almost proud about the fact that their scribbles
>   are as compressed and cryptic as possible"
> 
> Civil?  Professional?  Without hubris?

That is my honest impression. While "being proud" might be a bit too
strong of a term, it is the feeling I get sometimes that mathematic
notation is considered some kind of achievement in "expressing as much
as possible with as few symbols as possible". Every time that someone
needs a new symbol to represent something, almost invariably they
will use exactly that: One symbol. They will borrow the symbol from
Greek and sometimes even other scripts, and sometimes even make up
their own unique symbols, no matter how obscure, just to keep it a
single symbol. They seem blind to the fact that when using so many
obscure symbols their mathematical expressions become almost
inscrutable scribbles to the average person. Like they were reading
ancient runes or something. This is not really something to be very
proud of. It almost feels elitistic ("only highly educated in the know
can decipher our obscure script, peasants can't even be expected to
understand what's going on.")

My point is, it's not something to be emulated in programming, if your
intent is to write easily readable and comprehensible code.

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#88405

FromDavid Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Date2023-01-05 16:34 +0100
Message-ID<tp6qmu$2rq5r$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#88404
On 05/01/2023 10:14, Juha Nieminen wrote:
> Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote:
>> When it first appeared that there were sincerely held opinions that
>> differed from yours, you did not show any interest in finding out what
>> there were.  In fact, rather than asking for more details, you
>> frequently "poisoned the well" for any further discussion by saying
>> things like
>>
>>    "I very much oppose the brevity-over-clarity style of programming"
>>
>> and
>>
>>    "Clearer variable names are better. You will have extremely hard time
>>    convincing me otherwise."
> 
> Take into account what those were responses to. It's not like the
> person/people I were responding to discussed the topic in an understanding
> and casual manner. The posts were almost antagonistic, some of them even
> making direct claims that the exact opposite of what I was saying is
> true (ie. that abbreviations and acronyms make the code easier to
> understand than what I was suggesting). The tone was, especially from
> some people, very much "you are very wrong!" My response was just stating
> that there's no way I would believe such a thing, because it goes against
> what I see with my own eyes.
> 

You entered this "discussion" with the attitude that /you/ were 
absolutely and completely correct in everything you said.  Anyone 
disagreeing with you - even partially - was met with insults, 
accusations of incompetence, inexperience, or being "part of the 
problem".  You have never at any stage shown that you were interested in 
reading and understanding counter-arguments, examples or nuances.  You 
have simply assumed that your own position was complete and objective 
fact, and everyone else is an idiot (even if you tried sometimes to be 
diplomatic in your wording).

Your position has been that there are good programmers who agree with 
you 100% and who write good programs that always follow your personal 
choice of rules, and everyone else is a bad programmer who writes bad code.

This ridiculous black-or-white vision of yours has blinded you to the 
fact that everyone in this thread mostly /agrees/ with you about the 
main points.  We just disagree about the absolutism.  We know that 
circumstances vary, that there are invariably exceptions to any rule, 
and that any choice of guidelines will be inappropriate at times.

However, because in your mind (and your mind alone) you see this as a 
binary issue, you completely misunderstand this disagreement, and think 
it means other people are promoting cryptic coding.


Now, if you want to discuss any of this further, and you want people to 
take you seriously in this topic, you need to do the following:

1. Understand that you are not the only experienced and intelligent 
programmer here.  If other people disagree with you, and bother to write 
posts about it, then it is because they too have a point.  You might not 
agree with their points, but you must learn to respect them and try to 
understand those other views.

2. Understand that very few things in life are pure binary, 
black-or-white.  This is one of them.

3. Understand the /logic/ of what you are saying, the logic of other 
people, and the logic of agreements and disagreements.  This is 
second-order logic (if you know the mathematical term), not first-order 
(Boolean logic).  The opposite of "A is always true" is "sometimes A is 
false", not "A is always false".  You claimed "A is always true" - 
people have said you are wrong, because it is /sometimes/ not true, not 
because it is /always/ not true.

4. Take the time to read other peoples' posts, and try to understand 
them - don't post knee-jerk rants.  If you don't understand what they 
are saying, or need more clarification, ask.

5. Don't start a "discussion" by claiming you are entirely right and no 
one will convince you otherwise.

6. Learn when a discussion is over, and leave it alone after that. 
That's how you can remain respected and friendly in a group like this, 
rather than burning bridges and getting yourself in killfiles.  You are 
very much a positive force in this group, and it is sad to see you fight 
with everyone.


If you didn't really want a discussion, but merely to rant about some of 
the bad code you've had to deal with, then consider it "mission 
accomplished" and leave it.  (We all get frustrated sometimes, and a 
rant to let off steam is absolutely fine as far as I cam concerned.)


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#88412

FromJuha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid>
Date2023-01-06 13:02 +0000
Message-ID<tp965l$edu$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#88405
David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
> You entered this "discussion" with the attitude that /you/ were 
> absolutely and completely correct in everything you said.  Anyone 
> disagreeing with you - even partially - was met with insults, 
> accusations of incompetence, inexperience, or being "part of the 
> problem".

You must have been reading an imaginary thread because I have said no
such thing.

Isn't it funny how these bad-faith flamewar arguments always go?

"You said this and this, and made this and this insult."
"No, I didn't. I didn't mean it like that."
"Yes you did! I can't hear you lalalalaaaa!"

Why is it that when I say, for example, that I didn't mean some particular
expression as an insult, that's not enough? You think I'm lying? Why do
you think I'm lying? Why isn't the reasponse "oh, ok, but be aware next
time that most people interpret it as offensive", and instead it's "you
insulted me! you insulted me! that's an insult! lalalalaaaa can't hear
you!!!"

> You have never at any stage shown that you were interested in 
> reading and understanding counter-arguments, examples or nuances.

When responses are of the kind "abbreviations and acronyms are more
readable than fully spelled-out names" then you are right: I don't
understand nor agree with that counter-argument at all. And I have
said it in this thread many times.

What exactly is there to "understand" in that?

> You 
> have simply assumed that your own position was complete and objective 
> fact, and everyone else is an idiot (even if you tried sometimes to be 
> diplomatic in your wording).

Yes, just read between the lines things I have never said, accuse me of
being an asshole, and never, ever accept my assurance that I did not
mean it like that, no matter what I say.

Because that's "being interested in reading and understanding
counter-arguments".

> Your position has been that there are good programmers who agree with 
> you 100% and who write good programs that always follow your personal 
> choice of rules, and everyone else is a bad programmer who writes bad code.

Just keep reading between the lines things I have never said.

And supposedly I am the asshole here.

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#88414

FromDavid Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Date2023-01-06 14:31 +0100
Message-ID<tp97rh$35vpc$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#88412
On 06/01/2023 14:02, Juha Nieminen wrote:

> And supposedly I am the asshole here.

You wanted an explanation of why people have reacted against your posts 
in this thread.  I gave you an explanation.  It's up to you to decide 
what to do with that information.  I'd recommend something along the 
lines of "Oh, I didn't realise that's how I came across - it was not my 
intention".  (Note that the /impression/ you give is more important than 
the particular words you use.)  But it's your call.  I'm just trying to 
find a way to make this now pointless thread stop, preferably without 
leaving any lasting ill-feelings for any of the participants.

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#88406

Fromscott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
Date2023-01-05 16:48 +0000
Message-ID<%bDtL.35076$rKDc.1508@fx34.iad>
In reply to#88404
Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> writes:
>Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote:
>> When it first appeared that there were sincerely held opinions that
>> differed from yours, you did not show any interest in finding out what
>> there were.  In fact, rather than asking for more details, you
>> frequently "poisoned the well" for any further discussion by saying
>> things like
>> 
>>   "I very much oppose the brevity-over-clarity style of programming"
>> 
>> and
>> 
>>   "Clearer variable names are better. You will have extremely hard time
>>   convincing me otherwise."
>
>Take into account what those were responses to. It's not like the
>person/people I were responding to discussed the topic in an understanding
>and casual manner. The posts were almost antagonistic, some of them even
>making direct claims that the exact opposite of what I was saying is
>true (ie. that abbreviations and acronyms make the code easier to
>understand than what I was suggesting). The tone was, especially from
>some people, very much "you are very wrong!" My response was just stating
>that there's no way I would believe such a thing, because it goes against
>what I see with my own eyes.

I think you are taking it far too personally.   The fact is that
there is no single correct way to name variables, whether it is
RedHatPackageManager or rpm.

Personally, I find mixed case horrendous and it slows down my
typing rate.   I also prefer source code lines to consume less
than 81 bytes of horizontal space for readability and portability
purposes which generally restricts the length of identifiers
to something reasonable.  I also believe that in most cases,
people subsequently working on my software will be familiar
with the problem space, so common abbreviations in that space will be
perfectly clear to the reader.

These are, of course, personal preferences and beliefs with
no suggestion that others need adopt them.

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#88413

FromJuha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid>
Date2023-01-06 13:18 +0000
Message-ID<tp973b$q8q$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#88406
Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:
> Personally, I find mixed case horrendous and it slows down my
> typing rate.   I also prefer source code lines to consume less
> than 81 bytes of horizontal space for readability and portability
> purposes which generally restricts the length of identifiers
> to something reasonable.  I also believe that in most cases,
> people subsequently working on my software will be familiar
> with the problem space, so common abbreviations in that space will be
> perfectly clear to the reader.

The goal of well-written code should be that it's as easy to read and
understand as possible, even to yourself years down the line. (I think
most programmers have experienced the phenomenon where they have to
read code that they wrote years ago and have hard time remembering
anymore what it's doing, and thus have to re-decipher it.)

It is by no means a controversial or niche position that using clear
readable variable and function names is one of these ways. You can
find plenty of coding style guidelines out there, including those
used by big corporations, that instruct this very thing (I gave a
couple of examples earlier in this thread). What you will *not*
find is any coding style guideline that would state the opposite
(ie. that abbreviated names and acronyms are preferred over
written-out names).

What I have been writing in this thread is that I can confirm with my
own personal experience that that wisdom is quite true: When names are
written clearly and understandably, to describe what the thing is for,
it really does make the code that much easier to understand from the
get-go. Conversely, when cryptic abbreviations and acronyms are used,
it tends to make the code all that much harder to decipher (especially
when it's not clear at all what an abbreviation or acronym is supposed
to be for.)

This is not about "longer is clearer". The exact same thing would be true
if it were extremely common to write 100-character variable and function
names, which would make code less readable: In this case the reduced
readability comes from the excessive length, and the recommendation
would be to express things more succinctly. However, this is in general
not a problem that happens in code out there, and thus it doesn't
really need to be criticized. The other extreme is the one that's
*overwhelmingly* popular, and thus worthy of criticism.

The fact that "use full English words" happens to oftentimes produce
longer names is not the key point. It's just incidental. It's not
the length that makes the names clearer, it's the content: When
full words are used, it makes it easier to read. Length has nothing
to do with it. (Thus my repeated assertions that "it's not about
length, it's about readability.")

Also, the 80-character line length limit is completely arbitrary in
this day and age. Sure, in the era of 80-character-wide terminals
it was relevant, but pretty much nobody uses those anymore, and that
number, 80, has become completely arbitrary. There's nothing wrong
in lengthening that limit a bit.

That being said, if you still find yourself writing lines of code
that are excessively long, perhaps that could be an indication
that the code could perhaps be written in another better way.
Shortening the variable names to make the line shorter is not
a solution. It's more like an ugly hack, a workaround (which is
often done at the expense of readability).

None of these are my original ideas (as I have been accused of
claiming). I am merely repeating common wisdom which I have found
to be quite accurate. (I don't even understand why I'm being,
still, accused of thinking that these are somehow some new novel
ideas that I came up with and which I have been trying to shove
onto others. None of this is new. You can find coding guidelines
that are decades old that state these ideas. These are not my
ideas, I'm just repeating them.)

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#88415

Fromscott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
Date2023-01-06 16:45 +0000
Message-ID<reYtL.56960$Ldj8.12328@fx47.iad>
In reply to#88413
Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> writes:
>Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:
>> Personally, I find mixed case horrendous and it slows down my
>> typing rate.   I also prefer source code lines to consume less
>> than 81 bytes of horizontal space for readability and portability
>> purposes which generally restricts the length of identifiers
>> to something reasonable.  I also believe that in most cases,
>> people subsequently working on my software will be familiar
>> with the problem space, so common abbreviations in that space will be
>> perfectly clear to the reader.
>
>The goal of well-written code should be that it's as easy to read and
>understand as possible, even to yourself years down the line. (I think
>most programmers have experienced the phenomenon where they have to
>read code that they wrote years ago and have hard time remembering
>anymore what it's doing, and thus have to re-decipher it.)

You keep repeating the same assertions over and over.   Not everyone
agrees with you, leave it at that.  I've seen a lot of good code
and a lot of bad code in the last forty years;  the code structure
and organization is _far_ more important that the choice of identifiers.

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#88448

FromJuha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid>
Date2023-01-09 05:17 +0000
Message-ID<tpg810$b57$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#88415
Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:
>>The goal of well-written code should be that it's as easy to read and
>>understand as possible, even to yourself years down the line. (I think
>>most programmers have experienced the phenomenon where they have to
>>read code that they wrote years ago and have hard time remembering
>>anymore what it's doing, and thus have to re-decipher it.)
> 
> You keep repeating the same assertions over and over.   Not everyone
> agrees with you, leave it at that.  I've seen a lot of good code
> and a lot of bad code in the last forty years;  the code structure
> and organization is _far_ more important that the choice of identifiers.

The thing is that some people here have presented very strong, even
outright antagonistic opposition, sometimes even to the point of
complete irrationality, for such a non-controversial view that I
presented. Also, time and again some people keep saying that
I am making a particular claim, no matter how many times I repeat
that I am not making that claim. I refute the assertion again and
again, in excruciating detail, yet people keep making the assertion
over and over. No matter how many times I repeat that the assertion
is false, they still keep making it (in particular, about what I have
said about the length of identifier names). I think you would
understand why I have gotten frustrated.

People are free to disagree with what I said, but when they do not
present any arguments that I find convincing, shouldn't I likewise
be free to disagree with them? Why am I treated like some kind of
asshole because I do not agree with their counter-arguments? When
I say that I am not convinced, I'm treated like I were somehow
arrogant. In other words, everybody else is completely free to
disagree with me, and that's not arrogance, but when I disagree
with them, I am arrogant.

And all this for such a non-controversial statements, which are quite
widely agreed upon by a good portion of the programming industry,
including big corporations. It just makes no sense.

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#88449

FromÖö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee>
Date2023-01-09 00:45 -0800
Message-ID<36500348-0543-47d5-9411-053a83eae265n@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#88448
On Monday, 9 January 2023 at 07:17:39 UTC+2, Juha Nieminen wrote:
> Scott Lurndal <sc...@slp53.sl.home> wrote: 
> >>The goal of well-written code should be that it's as easy to read and 
> >>understand as possible, even to yourself years down the line. (I think 
> >>most programmers have experienced the phenomenon where they have to 
> >>read code that they wrote years ago and have hard time remembering 
> >>anymore what it's doing, and thus have to re-decipher it.) 
> > 
> > You keep repeating the same assertions over and over. Not everyone 
> > agrees with you, leave it at that. I've seen a lot of good code 
> > and a lot of bad code in the last forty years; the code structure 
> > and organization is _far_ more important that the choice of identifiers.
> The thing is that some people here have presented very strong, even 
> outright antagonistic opposition, sometimes even to the point of 
> complete irrationality, for such a non-controversial view that I 
> presented. Also, time and again some people keep saying that 
> I am making a particular claim, no matter how many times I repeat 
> that I am not making that claim. I refute the assertion again and 
> again, in excruciating detail, yet people keep making the assertion 
> over and over. No matter how many times I repeat that the assertion 
> is false, they still keep making it (in particular, about what I have 
> said about the length of identifier names). I think you would 
> understand why I have gotten frustrated.
> 
You say that some people are irrationally and angrily opposing you,
but you do not give examples what you mean. 
Everybody seemed (to me) to agree that brevity can be confusing and
ambiguous. The whole point of my few posts was that auto can be
unavoidable and verbosity can be also tiring, confusing, stuttering
and unhelpful so the alleged dichotomy is simply missing. I don't think
I was accusing you of anything, maybe only being overly generic and
not giving examples. 
> 
> People are free to disagree with what I said, but when they do not 
> present any arguments that I find convincing, shouldn't I likewise 
> be free to disagree with them? Why am I treated like some kind of 
> asshole because I do not agree with their counter-arguments? When 
> I say that I am not convinced, I'm treated like I were somehow 
> arrogant. In other words, everybody else is completely free to 
> disagree with me, and that's not arrogance, but when I disagree 
> with them, I am arrogant. 
> 
You are always free to disagree with me, I do not think that you are
asshole or whatever. The topic of naming is difficult, old and
controversial so it was bit surprising that you seem to think it being
solved, thats all.
> 
> And all this for such a non-controversial statements, which are quite 
> widely agreed upon by a good portion of the programming industry, 
> including big corporations. It just makes no sense.
> 
Such shallow rules do not help the big companies to solve the issues.
I have read rules of large companies like for example that "getters"
should always have "get" prefix and "setters" always have "set" prefix.
Dafug? IMHO it implies incorrectly that good interface consists of
setters and getters.

It was in early of nineties ... when Phil Karlton from Netscape posted
that "There are only two hard problems in computer science: cache
invalidation and naming things." It did spread. Someone else later
added jokingly off-by-one errors but kept the count two. But seriously,
naming things is hard, and keeps being hard. If you have belief that it
can be solved by simply using full English expressions as names ... 
then good for you. Just don't be angry that we don't share that belief. 

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#88453

FromDavid Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Date2023-01-09 13:26 +0100
Message-ID<tph15q$6l1s$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#88448
On 09/01/2023 06:17, Juha Nieminen wrote:
> Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:
>>> The goal of well-written code should be that it's as easy to read and
>>> understand as possible, even to yourself years down the line. (I think
>>> most programmers have experienced the phenomenon where they have to
>>> read code that they wrote years ago and have hard time remembering
>>> anymore what it's doing, and thus have to re-decipher it.)
>>
>> You keep repeating the same assertions over and over.   Not everyone
>> agrees with you, leave it at that.  I've seen a lot of good code
>> and a lot of bad code in the last forty years;  the code structure
>> and organization is _far_ more important that the choice of identifiers.
> 
> The thing is that some people here have presented very strong, even
> outright antagonistic opposition, sometimes even to the point of
> complete irrationality, for such a non-controversial view that I
> presented. Also, time and again some people keep saying that
> I am making a particular claim, no matter how many times I repeat
> that I am not making that claim. I refute the assertion again and
> again, in excruciating detail, yet people keep making the assertion
> over and over. No matter how many times I repeat that the assertion
> is false, they still keep making it (in particular, about what I have
> said about the length of identifier names). I think you would
> understand why I have gotten frustrated.
> 
> People are free to disagree with what I said, but when they do not
> present any arguments that I find convincing, shouldn't I likewise
> be free to disagree with them? Why am I treated like some kind of
> asshole because I do not agree with their counter-arguments? When
> I say that I am not convinced, I'm treated like I were somehow
> arrogant. In other words, everybody else is completely free to
> disagree with me, and that's not arrogance, but when I disagree
> with them, I am arrogant.
> 
> And all this for such a non-controversial statements, which are quite
> widely agreed upon by a good portion of the programming industry,
> including big corporations. It just makes no sense.


You have not refuted anything, or given any evidence.  All you have done 
is, as you say, repeated your assertions.  And we all know that "proof 
by repeated assertion" is as bad as "proof by appeal to authority" as an 
argument.

/Evidence/ would be pointing to an independent report that showed how 
error rates and code development costs went down in companies or 
projects that introduced a "all identifiers must be full English words" 
policy.

You don't have evidence.  You have opinions and anecdotes.

Now to be clear, again, there is a strong general agreement that 
unambiguous and descriptive identifiers help make a lot of code easier 
to understand, and that this is a good thing in many ways.  We all want 
code that is clear and that is easy to read and understand.

But there are also plenty of opinions and anecdotes noting that in some 
situations, shorter names (and yes, I mean shorter) are clearer and 
easier to read, and thus preferred.


Your opinions and anecdotes do not "beat" these ones.

When you make unsupported and unjustified claims that all of /your/ 
opinions are somehow "uncontroversial fact", then it is entirely 
appropriate to say you are being arrogant.  /Some/ of your points are 
uncontroversial - many people have told you that we agree on major 
points, though you do not seem to understand that.  But some of your 
points are mere opinion and personal experience, and other peoples' 
opinions and experiences are different.

I believe everyone here is happy to accept your personal opinion, based 
on the personal experience of the job you personally do and the code you 
personally see.  You don't have to justify or "prove" your opinions and 
preferences - which is a good thing, because good studies of the real 
benefits of programming styles are thin on the ground.  All we ask is 
respect for /other/ opinions and experiences.

When you are able to understand that, and accept that, we can move on - 
without the arrogance.  We could even discuss where we see differences 
in practice, with examples.  But we can't do that when someone insists 
"I'm right.  You know this because I've said it often enough.  You are 
wrong, though I haven't bothered trying to understand what you said."


I suggest you start by looking at Google's style guide, since that is 
one of the authorities you have appealed to as though it were proof of 
your case.  In particular, read :

<https://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html#General_Naming_Rules>

While I don't want to speak for others, I believe most people in this 
discussion would broadly agree with Google's suggestions here.

You'll find much the same philosophy in the JSF Coding rules 
(<https://www.stroustrup.com/JSF-AV-rules.pdf>, section 4.91.)  You'll 
find something similar in the "C++ Core Guidelines" - "Make the length 
of a name roughly proportional to its scope".


Pretty much everywhere, guides and programmers, you'll find people 
recommending that code be written to be clear, easily read and easy to 
understand.  You'll find a recommendation that "long distance" and 
"large scope" identifiers be descriptive and unique.  You'll find that 
abbreviations should be limited to well-known abbreviations, or at least 
those used regularly in the context of the particular type of code. 
These are fairly uncontroversial.

But you'll also find recommendations for shorter and easier-to-read 
identifiers in short scopes, and idiomatic choices.

Insisting on full-word identifiers for small scopes is a personal 
opinion, different from the opinions of many other programmers.  It's a 
valid choice, but you have to accept that it is /not/ universal, nor is 
it in any objective way shown to be a good choice in general.


And if this post does not convince you, it is probably because it is too 
long and too verbose - making it hard to read and understand.


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#88471

FromJuha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid>
Date2023-01-10 05:56 +0000
Message-ID<tpiun7$1g54$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#88453
David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
> When you make unsupported and unjustified claims that all of /your/ 
> opinions are somehow "uncontroversial fact", then it is entirely 
> appropriate to say you are being arrogant.

There we go again reading between the lines and putting in my mouth words
I have never said.

> I suggest you start by looking at Google's style guide, since that is 
> one of the authorities you have appealed to as though it were proof of 
> your case.  In particular, read :
> 
> <https://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html#General_Naming_Rules>

The irony. That's exactly one of the things I quoted earlier in this
thread that what I am saying is quite widely accepted and used in
coding guidelines out there. It's not something I came up with.

"Use names that describe the purpose or intent of the object. Do not
worry about saving horizontal space as it is far more important to make
your code immediately understandable by a new reader. Minimize the use
of abbreviations that would likely be unknown to someone outside your
project (especially acronyms and initialisms). Do not abbreviate by
deleting letters within a word. As a rule of thumb, an abbreviation
is probably OK if it's listed in Wikipedia."

> And if this post does not convince you, it is probably because it is too 
> long and too verbose - making it hard to read and understand.

You can go fuck yourself as well.

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#88472

FromÖö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee>
Date2023-01-09 22:48 -0800
Message-ID<52f8d37a-398a-401a-af5d-aa5dd379979an@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#88471
On Tuesday, 10 January 2023 at 07:57:14 UTC+2, Juha Nieminen wrote:
> David Brown <david...@hesbynett.no> wrote: 
> > When you make unsupported and unjustified claims that all of /your/ 
> > opinions are somehow "uncontroversial fact", then it is entirely 
> > appropriate to say you are being arrogant.
> There we go again reading between the lines and putting in my mouth words 
> I have never said.
> > I suggest you start by looking at Google's style guide, since that is 
> > one of the authorities you have appealed to as though it were proof of 
> > your case. In particular, read : 
> > 
> > <https://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html#General_Naming_Rules>
> The irony. That's exactly one of the things I quoted earlier in this 
> thread that what I am saying is quite widely accepted and used in 
> coding guidelines out there. It's not something I came up with. 
> 
> "Use names that describe the purpose or intent of the object. Do not 
> worry about saving horizontal space as it is far more important to make 
> your code immediately understandable by a new reader. Minimize the use 
> of abbreviations that would likely be unknown to someone outside your 
> project (especially acronyms and initialisms). Do not abbreviate by 
> deleting letters within a word. As a rule of thumb, an abbreviation 
> is probably OK if it's listed in Wikipedia."

You really stopped reading there? It even brings example similar to what
you argued is good naming. BAD: 
for (int foo_index = 0; foo_index < foos.size(); ++foo_index) {  // Use idiomatic `i`

> > And if this post does not convince you, it is probably because it is too 
> > long and too verbose - making it hard to read and understand.
> 
> You can go fuck yourself as well.
> 
That is what you consider like not arrogant?

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#88474

FromJuha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid>
Date2023-01-10 11:08 +0000
Message-ID<tpjh02$tqo$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#88472
Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> wrote:
>> > And if this post does not convince you, it is probably because it is too 
>> > long and too verbose - making it hard to read and understand.
>> 
>> You can go fuck yourself as well.
>> 
> That is what you consider like not arrogant?

Responding to mockery with expletives is not arrogance but frustration
and anger.

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