And don't try coding on an iPhone with autocomplete :) Doh.

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> On 21 Dec 2013, at 20:18, Brian Leach <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> There are good reasons why every modern language uses mixed case. You don't 
> read novels in upper case and you should not read code that way. Reading is 
> about pattern recognition and mixed case makes for better patterning ONCE you 
> have adapted to it. This period of adapting is the reason why so many old 
> guard don't like it !
> 
> I have coded mixed case for decades. For steam driven systems I use a 
> precompiler to upper case keywords. 
> 
> You can follow conventions to ass meaning through case: Return from a GoSub 
> and RETURN from a Call; upper case for equated or special variables (file and 
> select vars); and more.
> 
> As for searching use a decent editor.
> 
> B
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 21 Dec 2013, at 14:23, Doug Averch <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> "BFIND" are your really serious.  Is this one of those, we must us only use
>> UniBasic code?  Because if it is, we U2 programmers are really dinosaurs
>> not knowing the comet already has changed the world.
>> 
>> We have been using Eclipse since 2004.  The search engine is so fast and
>> will search my local machine, not the database, in seconds.  The Eclipse
>> search engine shows not only the program but the entire line that matches.
>> You can click on the line in the search window and the editor start up and
>> loads the program focusing on the line in question.
>> 
>> Gee, you should wonder how Eclipse compares to a single telnet window
>> driven program written UniBasic?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Doug
>> www.u2logic.com
>> "Industrial strength tools for U2 programmers and shops"
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 6:08 AM, Symeon Breen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Not this one again ....
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected]
>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bobby Worley
>>> Sent: 20 December 2013 19:02
>>> To: U2 Users List
>>> Subject: [U2] BASIC code - upper, lower, CamelCase, what say you?
>>> 
>>> First off - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.
>>> 
>>> I'm starting to write a lot of new BASIC (Universe 11.1) subroutines for
>>> our
>>> DesignBais application, and since I'll be starting with a blank code
>>> template instead of modifying existing code, and I thought 'hey why not
>>> join
>>> the 21st century' and make the code look more mainstream, and readable.
>>> (falling back on our last TEXMUG presentation by Clif Oliver on
>>> refactoring).
>>> 
>>> And considering Universe 11.2 now supports local subroutines and functions,
>>> I should make the code look and behave more object-like.
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know of a set of rules or guidelines on how to do this?    Just
>>> experimenting briefly, Universe BASIC compiler will allow any mix of cases
>>> for keywords, but variables are case sensitive.  Example:
>>> 
>>>> ED BP TEST
>>> ABC=1
>>> Abc=2
>>> abc=3
>>> PRINT ABC
>>> Print Abc
>>> pRiNt abc
>>> stop
>>> end
>>> 
>>>> RUN TEST
>>> 1
>>> 2
>>> 3
>>> 
>>> So, how are developers mixed case in their code these day? Do keywords,
>>> local variables, common variable, equates follow a standard method?
>>> 
>>> thanks in advance,
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