[AccessD] Naming Conventions

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Wed Aug 11 17:47:36 CDT 2004


On 11 Aug 2004 at 14:24, Arthur Fuller wrote:

> Lots of code is produced using
> copy/paste. If the declaration is right above the loop or whatever, it's
> simple to grab it along with the loop itself, for use elsewhere. And the
> compiler sorts it all out anyway, so what you're really talking about is
> readability for humans not machines. From that p.o.v., why should you
> learn about a variable until immediately before it is used?
> 

That's fine as long as the variable is only used in the one loop. Wnen the 
same variable appears in several parts of the same procedure , it's a 
bugger trying to go back and find it's first appearance (Don't tell me I 
should break all my procedures down into smaller ones. <grin>)

-- 
Stuart





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