On Mar 26, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Jay Pipes wrote:
Style #4:
Have a style you prefer? :)
It is ugly, but it really is the best method!
Prefix class variables with a unique prefix. For example:
class Diagnostics_area
{
...
/** Message buffer. Can be used by OK or ERROR status. */
char da_buffer[DRIZZLE_ERRMSG_SIZE];
...
}
This helps you find all reference to this variable in the entire
program. In the example above you can quickly find all usages of the
Diagnostics_area buffer (as apposed to 100s of buffers in other
classes and structures).
I have some experience with this, and I can confirm that, when fixing
a bug, or just trying to understand the code (even your own code), it
is _EXTREMELY_ useful.
Personally, I am a fan of using a single underscore prefix for
designating private members. I personally find it makes it easy to
differentiate private local member variables of a class with global
variables (and there are a ton of them...) outside of the class
itself.
But, we want to hear folks' thoughts on this.
Do you have a favorite style?
--
Paul McCullagh
PrimeBase Technologies
www.primebase.org
www.blobstreaming.org
pbxt.blogspot.com
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