Unambiguous perhaps to a compiler, but to a newcomer to the language its not exactly as straightforward as it could be...
We can talk about this until the sun goes down, but I don't think anyone is going to change their chronic habits. I plan on using the full command words. Most others apparently won't. I think that M will continue to suffer because of that. But that's just my opinion. Kevin On 8/16/05, Jim Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gary Monger wrote: > >There's also $T and $T. Fortunately $T is not referenced explicitly all > >that often. :) Now here is a good argument for spelling out the entire > >word. Let me try that again. > > > >There's also $TEST and $TEXT. Fortunately $TEST is not referenced > >explicitly all that often. > > The distinction is between $TEST (a variable) and $TEXT() (a function). The > presence or > absence of parentheses make it unambiguous. > > --------------------------------------- > Jim Self > Systems Architect, Lead Developer > VMTH Computer Services, UC Davis > (http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself) > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
