On Friday, 20 December 2013 at 10:29:26 UTC, Jeremy DeHaan wrote:
On Friday, 20 December 2013 at 10:06:36 UTC, Jonathan M Davis
wrote:
Whereas I put the underscore before (e.g. _x), and some folks
like to do m_x
(though I haven't seen many people do that in D - more in C++).
I tend to use the m_x naming convention, though I limit it to
private member variables. Otherwise I stick to camelCase.
If it is a parameter that is just going to be assigned to a
member variable and they would otherwise have the same name, I
usually add a prefix to parameter name to differentiate the
two. In constructors it is usually "the" and in setters it is
usually "new." Something like:
this(string theTitle)
{
title = theTitle;
}
void setTitle(string newTitle)
{
title = newTitle;
}
I've never seen the use of "the" before. I must say I like the
sound of it better than using 'title_'. I'm not a big fan of
arbitrary signs, even though I use '_title' if there is already
setter called 'title'
For setter parameters I tend to use 'value', though now that
might compromise certain cases where 'value' is already a member.
I do occasionally use 'new' as well, so I'll probably start using
that.
What does m_ stand for anyway?
