On Sunday 10 November 2013 14:14:26 Sieghard wrote: > Hallo Martin, > > Du schriebst am Sun, 10 Nov 2013 08:00:07 +0100: > > > After all, a programmer should not type most of the time, but _think_ > > ^^^^^ > > > > about the structures his typing is to describe. Shouldn't he? > > > > BTW, how does your editor program know if you write > > Err, _should_ it? Shouldn't the guy in front of the screen know better? > Or cannot even a programmer be held knowledgeable enough to decide which > number to type after the editor already wrote the type base name for him? > > BTW, _I_ usually disable such a mechanism, as by now, I'm able to type fast > enough not to be slowed down thereby. Thinking _what_ to type takes most of > the time, and I think it should. > Then we should maybe think again about your argument: " Adding confusion to obscurity? Why insist on foreshortening everything when nearly every editor around offers programmability of some sort, and completion can be had for free most everywhere (even if it is often more disturbing than helpful, IMHO). Or, as another approach: Type once, paste often - if the words are lengthy, just copy one line and paste it as often as needed. Sometimes, the ability to manipulate column blocks is helpful also, it eases modification of line sections in multiple lines. And more.
Which means, there's not much to gain with foreshortened identifiers, when the editors make typing easy anyway. " Can you describe how "typing easy" with your editor program works so it is as easy to enter "cardinal32" as typing "card32"? Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November Webinars for C, C++, Fortran Developers Accelerate application performance with scalable programming models. Explore techniques for threading, error checking, porting, and tuning. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60136231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ mseide-msegui-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mseide-msegui-talk
