Re: To Hungarian or not to Hungarian

Kevin Frevert wrote:

"Doug Chamberlin" <dougchamberlin at earthlink dot net> wrote in
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Kevin Frevert wrote:

Is Hungarian notation really dead? What standards do you use?

Yes, it is generally frowned upon these days and has been for a
while.

The name should reflect the function or purpose of the item. Also,
in the teams I've lead and participated for quite a long time, the
scope of a variable is seen as the most important "addition" that
might be tacked onto the name. Therefore, we use a single letter
prefix that denotes whether the item is a parameter, a local
variable, a global variable, or a constant. For example,

Isn't Hungarian notation doing exactly what you are doing? Prefixing
something so it easier to identify the scope/type?

The type, but not the scope. I'd say that scope is much more important
than type.

I personally do not use prefixes for local variables. I generally write
short procedures and functions, and they should fit on one screen. I
also use short, but telling local variable names, although I have a few
fixed single letter names, like A for arrays, I and J for indexes, P
and Q for pointers, L for lists and S for strings.

Otherwise, I use the same kind of naming conventions as in the RTL and
VCL.
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