> I think it increases maintenance *not* to use hungarian notation. > It makes you constantly have to look up "what type is this variable" > instead of having it right there before you. For instance, when I > write a TRACE statement I can see right away whether to put %d or %f > or whatever. > If your variable type changes, you do a find a replace, no big deal. > You still need to look up everywhere that it's used to make sure it's > being used correctly, no matter how you named it. > And as far as "ugly"... around here they made a rule "don't use > hungarian notation" and instead we have to write variables like > this: > list_pointer > stack_records_pointer > valid_boolean > > talk about ugly! And so much typing! If you're working with MFC you > have to be able to recognize Microsoft's hungarian notation, anyway, > so just get used to it and then it's not ugly anymore.
Maybe they deceivingly wanted to urge you to start using HN, by requiring you to use that sort of (let's call it) NGC-ian Notation! ;-) ------------- Ehsan Akhgari Farda Technology (http://www.farda-tech.com/) List Owner: [email protected] [ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ WWW: http://www.beginthread.com/Ehsan ] "Steps taken forwards, but sleepwalking back again..." - High hopes, Pink Floyd _______________________________________________ msvc mailing list [email protected] See http://beginthread.com/mailman/listinfo/msvc_beginthread.com for subscription changes, and list archive.
