Keith: I think the original point was for CF developers (specifically in the Eclipse IDE) to have JavaDocs capabilities so that they could describe the usage, type and purpose of the variable. I don't think anyone was arguing the history or usage of Hungarian Notation.
> This is very, very different from the VB-style HN that most > people on this list have probably been in contact with, where > you prefix the physical type to the variable (which is just a > little dumb). Case in > point: prefixing variants with 'vnt', tables with 'tbl', &c. > This kind of notation sprung from two sources: C-programmers > who learned Windows programming from Petzold[2] and picked up > 'HN' there, and from reading code produced by the systems > group in MS. Both sources made the unfortunate error of > confusing physical types with the types Simonyi was talking > about. The VB crowd just compounded this to the mess we have today. > > Most of the conventions in the original HN are actually > useful in any language, primarily because most of the things > in it are things you put in names anyway. Mind you, some of > them, such as the 'p' and 'sz' > prefixes are C-specific, and though I personally thing 'sz' > isn't particularly useful (unless you're dealing with a whole > bunch of different string types that look otherwise > identical, like you might in C), though 'p' *is* useful if > you're dealing with pointers a lot. > > Sorry for the ramble. If you haven't already read it, you > should read Joel Spolsky's original article[3], which is what > triggered Sean to write his one. Also, Larry Osterman's last > blog entry on the topic[4] is worth a look. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:206764 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
