In a perfect world all methods would be short and succinct. Unfortunately we don't live in a perfect world and it's sometimes more confusing to split things up than to just leave longer methods. I've seen plenty of code where 200 lines was the realistic minimum without creating methods that had 15 or more parameters. Try implementing DES, or any other encryption algorithm for that matter, and you'll probably find that your methods are a lot longer than you'd really like.
I do agree though that use of this is a stylistic thing more than anything else. Spike On 10/28/05, Martin Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you come along maintain someone's code 6 months from now and you find > a > > complex method of 200 lines of so, it's useful to have the this prefix > to > > distinguish between variables that are local to the function and those > that > > are available to the instance. > > true, but i would also immediately re-factor it into shorter, clearer > methods. > > anyway, i think its more a matter of taste rather than good or bad > programming. > > theres places where you need to use it, but otherwise do what you like. :) > > > > > martin > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- -------------------------------------------- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
