From: Nielsen Linus (ext) <"Nielsen>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:25:42 +0200

> Question: I think it is very usefull to give the variables type
> information like iStatus (that now would be istatus). i stands
> for integer, l for long and so on.
> Is there also a silent convention on that?

No there isn't. Cluttering the variable names with type information is
useless in my opinion. Finding the variable declaration is not hard, and the
context shows what type it is anyway. And it allows us to change the type
without renaming the variable.

/Linus (code police assistant)
Received on 2002-10-08