On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:04:52 +0100, you wrote: >On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 02:04:45PM +1300, Nick Rout wrote: >> those who say case doesn't matter are usually recent converts from the >> windows world, where case in filenames etc does not matter. I felt >> having to get it right in linux was a pita for ages, now i like it. >> give it a couple of years Patrick :-) > >naaa. >i am not a windows convert and for a long time have looked down on those >who think that case does not matter, but answer me this: >given some variables: > >nick, NICK, Nick... How about using mixed case to make code more readable, like...
TemporaryStorage InterimResults XQoutient The case is irrelevant, and I agree that variables should never only differ by case alone, but is is a very simple and powerful way of documenting your storage. Steve > >what do they contain, and how does their content differ? >if they contain the same thing then there should only be one varible, if >they contain different things, they should have different names. > >so in reality you should never even get to the case that two variables >just differ by casing, and as a result: case does not matter. > >q.e.d. > >greetings, martin. >-- >looking for a job doing pike programming, sTeam/caudium/pike/roxen training, >sTeam/caudium/roxen and/or unix system administration anywhere in the world.
