Re: Hungarian Notation


"Jim Cooper" <jcooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> But one does not always look at code within the bounds of an IDE. ;-)
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> All the more reason to use clear unambiguous names (ie *not* Hungarian
> notation) since if it is hard to look up qzFurbleGloop you are going to
> struggle even more to understand the code.

Which is why 2 letters isn't enough for a prefix. 3 or 4 is preferable, then
q(ui)zFurbleGloop becomes something much more understandable

>
> If we follow normal Delphi coding conventions, we all use some HN (eg F
> for fields and T for class), but we should try to keep that sort of thing
> to a minimum.

I kinda disagree. I find Hungarian Notation very readable. But then I have
done a lot of C ;-)

Best,
Dave
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Cooper
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