On 11.05.2018 09:33, Greg Ewing wrote:
Gustavo Carneiro wrote:
IMHO, all these toy examples don't translate well to the real world
because they tend to use very short variable names while in real
world [good written code] tends to select longer more descriptive
variable names.
I don't believe that's always true. It depends on the context.
Sometimes, using long variable names can make code *harder*
to read.
I don't think there's anything unrealistic about this
example:
if m given m = pattern.match(the_string):
nugget = m.group(2)
I gather we don't talk about interactive usage.
So, I grepped through part of our code-base. Like it or not, it's almost
always called "match" there.
Like Gustavo, I also have the feeling that long-living, real-world code
tends to have more descriptive names than all those toy examples/arguments.
Cheers,
Sven
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