I use the following as a rough guideline: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpgenref/ht ml/cpconnamingguidelines.asp
But as Ian said, readability and consistency are the important things (along with solid commenting). -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: 02 February 2006 09:49 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Naming conventions for AS2.0 ... In the days of old compilers and IDEs I used to use complicated naming conventions - including the (horrible) Hungarian notation mentioned above (But it did help at the time. I think. When wading through piles of someone else's mangled C code.). Now with more sensible IDEs that can do autocompletion (For AS2 I'm using FlashDevelop at the moment, which is really nice) I don't really bother doing more than Mark does - I use: - An underscore for class private variables (_myVar) - Sensible/readable names for other variables (isFinished, appFolder, configWindow, lastClip) It used to be a real issue. Now it's far less of one. As long as you're readable and understandable and above all _consistent_ throughout your code, it doesn't really matter. HTH, Ian On 2/2/06, Mark Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The extensions _mc, _txt, etc, were originally recommended by > Macromedia to trigger the context sensitive autocompletion in Flash > MX. With strict datatyping it's no longer required and is really just > preference. Personally, I add a $ in front of my private variables and > just make everything else named well enough to be understood by anyone > reading my code. > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
