Re: Avoiding Booleans & Danny Thorpe


"Andre Kaufmann" <andre.kaufmann.bei@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

> CreateFile(cmCreateNew);
> is much more readable than
> CreateFile(true);
> With the latter one I don't have any clue what's the parameter for.

Which is why I try to code
CreateFile( {CreateNew}true );
where comment CreateNew will give the reader a hint as
to what the parameter is for.

--JohnH
.

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