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Ed Chen (edchen@vitec.com) wrote:
: Goran Larsson writes
: : > int ISomefunction(int iSomeArg)
: : > {
: : > int iRetVal = 0;
: :       ^
: : Why are you trying to make C look like FORTRAN?

: : What a crazy world - some programmers try to hide data types to make
: : updates easier - some try to encode data types in variable names and
: : function names to make updates a nightmare...

: The intention is not to make updates a nightmare but to avoid problems
: when several programmers are working together.  Knowing the argument
: types a function needs and the type of variables you are using to invoke
: the function is important.  You could also debug faster (e.g. piTest = piFirst;
: is functionally ok as it assigns a pointer to another of the same kind).
: In addition, it helps users avoid mistakes like Test.a when Test->a
: is required (use pTest->a, the p should be in front of the variable in
: order to use ->).

: If a variable is changed to another type, a simple global/local change doesn't
: cause too much trouble as most editors nowdays can do it automatically.  I
: believe it helps more than what you think.  You certainly don't have to follow
: any variable naming convention but please don't critize people who do.

Pray tell how should one prefix a variable of opaque type.  pthread_t
comes to mind.  Or size_t, or time_t, or practically any other usefull
type.  These are not guaranteed to remain the same forever.  Some of 
them are not guaranteed to/not-to be implemented as objects/pointers.

In this case, IMHO, variable name prefixing can be much more misleading
than you think.  Not all people work exclusively in domain of int/long/
char/float/double's and pointers to them.

/Alby

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