On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 03:19, Steve Downey wrote: > > <http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/html/CodeConventions.doc8.html#367> > > > > | "Variable names should not start with underscore _ or dollar sign $ > > | characters, even though both are allowed." > > > > The _instanceVariable and also the __staticVariable idea > > makes real good > > sense to me nowadays. Do you have any arguments against it? > > (btw; this is > > a genuine question!).. > > Because those characters are used by implementors and code generators.
all java code generators I use have configurable settings. > They > are legal, but not intended to be used by programmers. Not relevent for java. In C this may be so but that mainly had to do with how the linker mangled names. And this was more separated out between system-user code -- Cheers, Pete -------------------------------------------- Sorry, I forgot to take my medication today. -------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
