Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:55:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:54:52 -0500 Received: from ppp-97-16.29-151.libero.it ([151.29.16.97]:52730 "HELO blu.blu.i.prosa.it") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:54:44 -0500 Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 19:47:11 +0100 From: antirez To: "Paul G. Allen" Cc: "Linux kernel developer's mailing list" Subject: Re: Coding style - a non-issue Message-ID: <20011130194711.S31176@blu> Reply-To: antirez In-Reply-To:

<20011128162317.B23210@work.bitmover.com> <9u7lb0$8t9$1@forge.intermeta.de> <20011130072634.E14710@work.bitmover.com> <1007138360.6656.27.camel@forge> <3C07B820.4108246F@mandrakesoft.com> <20011130185359.Q31176@blu> <3C07CDFB.7F1A9FFC@randomlogic.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3C07CDFB.7F1A9FFC@randomlogic.com>; from pgallen@randomlogic.com on Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 10:20:43AM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 10:20:43AM -0800, Paul G. Allen wrote: > antirez wrote: > A variable/function name should ALWAYS be descriptive of the > variable/function purpose. If it takes a long name, so be it. At least > the next guy looking at it will know what it is for. I agree, but descriptive != long for (mydearcountr = 0; mydearcounter < n; mydearcounter++) and it was just an example. Read it as "bad coding style". -- Salvatore Sanfilippo http://www.kyuzz.org/antirez finger antirez@tella.alicom.com for PGP key 28 52 F5 4A 49 65 34 29 - 1D 1B F6 DA 24 C7 12 BF - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/