Marco van de Voort wrote:
Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
But, the 'importing identifiers' from another language is a false argument;
With a simple rule (prepend with _) you have this too. It can even be
automated. You don't need to butcher the language for it;
The _ trick is widely used indeed, but imho those underscores make code
slightly less readable and also less aesthetic.
Less readable than & ? What is the exact aesthetic ranking of [EMAIL
PROTECTED]&*()_+
then? :-)
It is ranked as ..... cartoon! :)
You are right that putting & instead of _ everywhere doesn't seem to make a big
difference. On the other hand, in code with lot of .'s, the & doesn't have to be
repeated (e.g. MyOject.Class.Property.Type, instead of MyObject._Class._Property._Type).
Personally though, I agree with Thorsten that the & looks prettier than the _.
And actually I switched from the _PrivateFieldName convention to the
FPrivateFieldName one exactly because the __ messed up.
Well, if for Chrome and/or Delphi support we need the &, then it will have to
be implemented anyway. But whether one wants to use it, might simply be a matter of
taste.
Regards,
Bram
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