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Talk to Susan if you use PRC, I beleve she says they play together nicely. > Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:53:03 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [U2] Mixed Case UV Basic Programming Standards. > > I didn't know how lucky I was being able to use Brian's MVDeveloper to > code with. I had become dependant on it. It was a great time saver. I > am now working on Univision and using ED, all the programs are in > upper case which I don't mind, but there is no indentation and there > are many statements on one line. The code was last amended around 1984 > when GOTO was common practice and GOSUB's with GOSUBS etc. I have had > to purchase Textpad so I can have all the niceties of MVDeveloper. > > Kishor Parmar > > > Quoting Joshua Gallant <[email protected]>: > > > People use something other than ED? For the most part, all programmers > > on our staff do use the ED editor but there are a few of us who like the > > functions like syntax highlighting, etc. We code in all UPPER case > > here. We've had programs around for 30 years so the base programs were > > always uppercase and we just stuck with it over the years. > > > > - Josh > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Symeon Breen > > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 5:59 AM > > To: 'U2 Users List' > > Subject: Re: [U2] Mixed Case UV Basic Programming Standards. > > > > An important point there from Brian on editors, yes the editors we use > > (no > > one writes code in ed do they?) will colour highlight verbs, literals, > > comments, variables etc + do case insensitive searches.. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Leach > > Sent: 25 June 2009 10:14 > > To: 'U2 Users List' > > Subject: Re: [U2] Mixed Case UV Basic Programming Standards. > > > > Hi > > > > I use mixed case using the same capitalization as for Delphi and VB > > (rather > > than camelCase for C# and Java). > > > > OpenSeq > > NumberOfFields = DCount(SomeVariable, @FM) > > > > However I use upper case to distinguish things that are 'special' e.g. > > equate literals, file and select variables, common variables and > > compiler > > directives. That way they stand out. > > > > I also use upper case for STOP and the main RETURN from an external > > subroutine, which helps to distinguish it from the Return from a local > > GoSub. > > > > I don't worry about searching since the editors I use are capable of > > searching case-independently, and you can always write an IDescriptor to > > do > > an UPCASE(@RECORD) if you want to search in a source file. In fact, > > generally I find doing a SELECT with a LIKE clause on that is faster > > than > > using the SEARCH command. > > > > There should be no need to do anything special to format your comments > > since > > any editor worth using will distinguish these (as a bare minimum). I > > have a > > simple 'autodoc' markup in the comments that makes it easy to generate > > technical docs. > > > > So, putting it all together: > > > > PROGRAM ShowStuff > > *--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > * @@Name : ShowStuff > > * @@Project : Demo > > * (other autodoc header info here) > > *--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > * @@Info{ > > * Shows some stuff. > > * <b>And some other comments in here with HTML markups</b> > > * } > > *--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > * (other autodoc comments here: modifications, keywords, todo etc. > > *--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > * version stamp goes in here - assigned to a variable so it compiles > > into > > * the object and I can then rip it from the string table. > > > > VERDATA = "Version=001002003;" > > VERDATA:= "VerDate=12345;" > > VERDATA:= "VerDesc=Short Description here;" > > (etc) > > > > *--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > $INCLUDE BOOK_TITLES.h > > > > Open "BOOK_TITLES" To TITLES Else > > Crt "Cannot open the TITLES File" > > RETURN > > End > > > > Execute "SSELECT BOOK_TITLES", SELECT. > SLIST > > Fin = @False > > Loop > > ReadNext TitleId From SLIST Else > > Fin = @True > > End > > Until Fin Do > > GoSub ShowISBN > > Repeat > > > > RETURN > > > > *---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > * ShowISBN: show the title id, ISBN and price > > *---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ShowISBN: > > Read TitleRec From TITLES,TitleId Then > > Crt TitleId, TitleRec<BOOK_TITLES.ISBN>, > > OConv(TitleRec<BOOK_TITLES.PRICE>,"MD2") > > End > > Return > > > > > > I find it much more legible, since I spent at least half of my life in > > client languages. But I understand the point of view of those raised on > > upper case only who don't use modern (grin) languages, and may initially > > find it confusing. It's just a question of what you're used to. > > > > Incidentally, this has evolved over the years. I started off upper case > > (no > > other choice back then), went to lower case in the 'C/UNIX' age, and > > then > > camelCase before settling on this style. When I go back to older code I > > can > > see that this one works best. > > > > > > But the main thing is to be consistent with your style and use a good > > editor. > > > > > > Brian > > > > _______________________________________________ > > U2-Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > U2-Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > _______________________________________________ > > U2-Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009 _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
