I take it a step further and prefix all my internal var variables within a function with $ so there's never a question of where the variable belongs. Its internal only. <CFSET var $Internal=whatever> ($ has been allowed as in variables and as the prefix for variables since MX shipped)
I also use single letter prefixes for all my variables in general. i-int b-boolean q-query etc. > I prefix my variables. It helps with reading the code and debugging, > especially when someone who didn't write the code is doing the reading > or debugging. I even prefix parameters for custom tags with p_ > (attributes.p_blnDebug for example). Different strokes for different > folks I guess. > > Anyway, here's another reason for prefixes: a coworker used to have > problems naming variables with reserved words. Using prefixes kills > this problem. > > J > > > Just out of curiosity, who prefixes their variables with a data type > abbreviation... > > integer - intVariableName > numeric - numVariableName > string - strVariableName > structure - stcVariableName > array - arrVariableName > object - objVariableName > query - qryVariableName > etc... > > We are ever expanding our best practices and guideline documents and > this is an agenda point up for discussion soon... I want to some in with > some pros and cons. > At first glance, the code becomes more descriptive but I do see and have > run into, many problems such as passing around URL params.. do you > really want to give anymore information than necessary into the type of > data within a variable? What about if you encrypt variables?... The > number 1 could be viewed as URL.intSomeId but once encrypted it is no > longer an interger it is a string URL.strSomeId, this only touches the > tip here. > > Anyone have anything to offer on this topic? > > Thanks. > > Mike > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187406 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
