On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Sammy Larbi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Oscar Arevalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> yes, "people" denotes a collection, but what type of collection is it? an >> array? a query? a list? a structure of CFCs indexed by the personID? yes, >> you can follow the trail on the code to find out what the exact data type >> is, but I have found that using a little prefix for the data type helps >> giving some clarity to the code; In other words, use variable names like >> "qryPeople" (query), "aPeople" (array), "stPeople" (struct) or whatever >> convention is adopted on your environment. >> >> > > On the other hand, normally there is very little traversal required, and > context clues like "cfloop query=" provide all the help I need. > > Of course, if the code is so bad that you actually do have to roam around > to find a type (enough to where it affects you), then I'd much rather spend > that time fixing the code than bandaging it. > > That's just me though. Everyone is free to have differing opinions. =) > > Sam > > I thought I'll add that if a type does make its way into the variable name, I'd put it at the end. Putting it at the beginning is clutterful, distracting, and gets the importance backwards. Sam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CFCDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfcdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
