[AccessD] On Coding Standards

I can just as easily right-click the variable name and select "Definition"
to go see how it was declared.

Lambert

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jim DeMarco [SMTP:Jdemarco at hshhp.org]
> Sent:	Tuesday, July 08, 2003 2:05 PM
> To:	Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject:	RE: [AccessD] On Coding Standards
> 
> But on the other hand if you're using .NET and want to see what (or if)
> you've initialized a variable at declaration time this is a handy thing to
> have.
> 
> Jim DeMarco
> Director of Product Development
> HealthSource/Hudson Health Plan
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wortz, Charles [mailto:CWortz at tea.state.tx.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 1:55 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] On Coding Standards
> 
> 
> Also it is rather hard to "hover" over the variable in somebody's e-mail
> to find out what they typed it as. <grin>
> 
> Charles Wortz
> Software Development Division
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Colby [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday 2003 Jul 08 12:49
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> Subject: RE: [AccessD] On Coding Standards
> 
> Personally I don't subscribe to that theory, though MS is trying to
> convince us.  Having the int, str, lng etc in a variable name makes the
> program readable without HAVING to hover to see what the heck it is.
> 
> John W. Colby
> www.colbyconsulting.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 1:37 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] On Coding Standards
> 
> 
> I failed to communicate my intended perspective, Charles. What I
> intended was, Access doesn't have smart intellisense as has .NET, so
> that merely creating a variable won't give me its declaration. That's
> what .NET does so well, and that's what I meant by "prefixes may be
> obsolete". If merely hovering over a variable declaration will give me
> "Dim ParentLoop as Integer", then who needs prefixes?
> 
> Arthur
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Wortz,
> Charles
> Sent: July 8, 2003 12:31 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] On Coding Standards
> 
> 
> Arthur,
> 
> I have to disagree with you about naming standards not applying to
> Access. Check the archives to see how much bandwidth is wasted on this
> list due to people having poorly names variables/controls/fields that
> are either the cause of their problems or have to be clarified before
> their problems can be answered.
> 
> Charles Wortz
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