Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:26:01 +0100 From: Thomas Moestl <tmoestl@gmx.net> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hungarian notation Message-ID: <20010118182601.A2936@crow.dom2ip.de> In-Reply-To: <20010118161259.A69693@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 04:12:59PM %2B0000 References: <20010118161259.A69693@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 04:12:59PM +0000, j mckitrick wrote: > What are everyone's thoughts on Hungarian notation? Does it have a place in > unix programming? > > Just in case anyone hasn't heard of the term, it's used to make variable > names descriptive of their type, e.g. > > int iCounter; > double dValue > char szString; > int* piPointer; I think it's ugly. The type checking of modern C compilers is powerful enough to detect abuse (and C++ will make errors out of the warnings in most cases). The only case where it could make sense is the sz prefix in the case that pascal type strings are also around. But luckily, almost nobody will use pascal strings on unix, so it's not a problem. - thomas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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