Sorry can't agree. How is iCountFiles better than i. i is just a place
holder in a loop. Anyone with more than an elementary level of
programming will understand what is going on at a glance. 

I will concede that s could be more descriptive and possibly wasn't a
good example. 

On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 14:01, Traci Sumpter wrote:
> except 5 months down the track when it would be a lot easier to unserstand
> 
> procedure DoSomethingorOther;
> var
>    sFileList : string;
>    iCountFiles : Integer;
> begin
>    for iCountFiles  := 0 to Pred(someList.Count) do
>    begin
>       sFileList  := someList.Items[iCountFiles];
>       doSomething(sFileList);
>    end;
> end;
> 
> 
> 
> This means I can look at this short bit of code and can make assumptions
> that I am going through a list of Files and doing something with it.
> 
> 
> what does the other version of code allow you to make assumtions about..
> 
> Assume  Ass out of you and me...  I know
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Sugrue
> Sent: Friday, 24 September 2004 1:25 p.m.
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: RE: [DUG] DiamondBack Sneak Peek (Delphi 9)
> 
> 
> I would have though i and j would be fine for loops and s for strings.
> x and y for anything to do with co-ords as well.
> 
> 
> I think the following is fine:
> 
> procedure DoSomethingorOther;
> var
>    s : string;
>    i : Integer;
> begin
>    for i := 0 to Pred(someList.Count) do
>    begin
>       s := someList.Items[i];
>       doSomething(s);
>    end;
> end;
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 12:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Good practice (not always =) VCL source
> >
> > True, the VCL also uses _with_.
> >
> > Each to there own - but globally condemned is a bit rich
> >
> > > for multitudes of good reasons.
> >
> > name some then
> >
> >
> > What did you search on in google.
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