Re: conventions
Re: conventions
- Subject: Re: conventions
- From: jgo <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:39:05 -0700
>
> Also, programmers who want to make their Objective-C code
>
> readable by others should use lower case letters to start
>
> method names and method arguments. It is just a tradition,
>
> but...
>
>
>
> I know that I can't be bothered to help people by dissecting
>
> code that does not follow the conventions. Perhaps I am
>
> just too picky...
>
>
Yah, different programming cultures have different traditions
>
and conventions. It's probably different amongst the gnu slum
>
than the rest of the C world. I recently saw reference to M$
>
using/supporting/promoting the "Hungarian" convention...
>
in the past tense, so such things change over time, too.
>
>
I'm used to method names that begin with lower-case letters
>
being static or private, while public ones begin with upper-
>
case, and member data/instance vars (or anything else) that
>
begin with _ belonging to the system, not app developers.
>
>
This is something that should be documented prominently in
>
the Objective C doc, because it is different...
And so it is, on page 170 of the Objective C pdf.
Just wasn't where I expected. Sorry about that.
John G. Otto, Eagle Scout, Knight, Cybernetic Praxeologist
Existence, Consciousness, Identity, Life, Liberty, Property, Privacy, Justice