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| From | "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.programming |
| References | (4 earlier) <EphDs.952759$W63.92055@fx05.am4> <_sWdnYhcjvIJl0LNnZ2dnUVZ8sadnZ2d@bt.com> <kbnkla$k1b$1@news.albasani.net> <R%IDs.81296$1y.64372@fx01.am4> <kbnnb5$q3r$1@news.albasani.net> |
| Subject | Re: programmer's keyboard |
| Message-ID | <QkKDs.979409$vW7.448572@fx19.am4> (permalink) |
| Organization | virginmedia.com |
| Date | 2012-12-29 22:41 +0000 |
"BGB" <cr88192@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:kbnnb5$q3r$1@news.albasani.net...
> On 12/29/2012 3:10 PM, BartC wrote:
>> (Also, they clash with the use of the same #if/#endif symbols for
>> commenting out code, which is a different requirement; you might not
>> want that code deleted when you come across it much later.)
>>
>
> usually, for comments, either // or /* ... */ is used.
>
> /*
> * somePseudoCode();
> * morePseudoCode();
> *
> */
Won't work in general because C /*...*/ comments don't nest. In fact when I
argued the case for having nestable /*...*/ comments in comp.lang.c, I was
advised to use #if for the purposes of commenting out code!
>> The thing about writing in capitals, or using special indentation, is
>> that
>> each line stands out by itself without relying on editing features.
>>
>
> but, OTOH, you can end up with unintended identifier clashes between
> symbols differing only in case.
>
> it also fouls up naming conventions which rely on, say, "foo" and "Foo"
> being disjoint ("foo" for private members, "Foo" for public members), and
> the standard use of "FOO" for constant values.
If the language is case-sensitive then you can't just switch to capitals
anyway.
If the language doesn't care about case (such as all of mine), then those
problems don't come up. (Except when interfacing to foreign functions where
correct case is important, and then the name is only needs declaring
properly once. The incidence of two foreign function names clashing when
case is disregarded, is rare.)
--
Bartc
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