On 14 March 2012 16:39, Adrian Crum <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally, I despise single character parameters/variable names. Seriously, > is it that much work to type a few extra characters and make the name > meaningful?
Sometimes single char names are clearer. E.g. in for loops, using i and j is such a common idiom that renaming won't necessarily improve readability. > -Adrian > > > On 3/14/2012 1:33 PM, sebb wrote: >> >> I noticed that some of the CSV methods uses "int l" (ell). >> This is unfortunately very similar to 1 (one) in many fonts. >> >> ExtendedBufferedReader.read(...) and UnicodeUnescapeReader.read(...) >> both do this. >> >> Now that would perhaps be a good candidate for a CheckStyle report ?! >> >> P.S. the subject has 1 (one) then l (ell) then I (upper-case i) in >> case you cannot tell. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
