Re: Using local variables in C callbacks

From	Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: Using local variables in C callbacks
Date	2022-09-13 06:52 +0000
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Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> wrote:
> Am 12.09.2022 um 08:03 schrieb Juha Nieminen:
> 
>> I think this demonstrates beautifully why you shouldn't use "using
>> namespace std;"
> 
> Idiot.
> 
>> The code is full of obfuscated names and it's very difficult to see with
>> a visual scan which names are declared locally, which are from the
>> standard library, and which are from some third-party library.
> 
> There's nothing obfuscated with that, it's just not your taste.
> You're a person that constantly feels uncertain and you need
> some rituals to feel certain; people that don't adhere to your
> rituals make you feel ucertain again.

The programmer is the poorest person to evaluate the readability of his
own code. He needs the perspective of another programmer to know how
readable and understandable his code actually is.

I also find funny you talking about "rituals". What else is always
writing the "using namespace std;" boilerplate than pretty much
effectively a ritual?

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Using local variables in C callbacks Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-09-11 17:18 +0200
  Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-09-11 15:45 +0000
    Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-09-11 17:51 +0200
      Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-09-11 15:53 +0000
        Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-09-11 17:57 +0200
          Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Tony Oliver <guinness.tony@gmail.com> - 2022-09-12 17:05 -0700
            Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-09-13 07:18 +0200
  Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-09-12 07:02 +0200
  Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-09-12 06:03 +0000
    Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-09-12 09:16 +0200
      Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-09-13 06:52 +0000
        Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-09-13 12:09 +0200
          Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-09-13 12:57 +0000
            Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-09-13 15:57 +0200
              Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-09-14 06:08 +0000
                Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-09-14 09:00 +0200
                Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-09-14 12:26 +0000
                Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-09-14 14:59 +0200
                Re: Using local variables in C callbacks David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-09-14 16:01 +0200
                Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-09-14 16:49 +0200
                Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-09-15 05:35 +0000
                Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-09-15 08:26 +0200
                Re: Using local variables in C callbacks scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-09-15 14:09 +0000
                Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-09-15 16:56 +0200
                Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-09-15 05:43 -0700
                Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-09-15 16:02 +0200
                Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-09-16 06:08 +0000
                Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-09-16 13:43 +0200
                Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-09-16 06:57 -0700
                Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-09-16 10:13 -0700
                Re: Using local variables in C callbacks "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-09-14 15:38 -0700
          Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-09-13 22:20 -0700
        Re: Using local variables in C callbacks "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-09-13 12:48 -0700
          Re: Using local variables in C callbacks Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-09-14 06:09 +0000
            Re: Using local variables in C callbacks "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-09-15 13:29 -0700

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