What are good naming conventions?

Usually the best coding convention is consistency with surrounding code.

But when you're writing something from scratch, what are some good naming conventions?

For instance:

• How do you format your variables? E.g. under_score_names, or CamelCase
• Do you use prefixes for structs, pointers or typdefs? E.g. mytype_t, or pMyPointer
• What kind of prefixing do you use to group functions together?

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Originally Posted by marek.

How do you format your variables? E.g. under_score_names, or CamelCase

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The former, but camel case is good too. As you noted, this is about picking a convention and then being consistent.

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Originally Posted by marek.

Do you use prefixes for structs, pointers or typdefs? E.g. mytype_t, or pMyPointer

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Generally, no.

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Originally Posted by marek.

What kind of prefixing do you use to group functions together?

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The library name, or an abbreviation thereof.

Are you just fishing for a flame war? There's strong preferences by some that get heated to the point of something akin to a religious war. Not one argument has more merit than the other, but everyone's got their oh-so-important preference. A quick google search will reveal just how absurd these discussions can get.

The truth is, it doesn't matter what convention you use as long as you're consistent throughout the program. Just be careful to avoid reserved names and prefixes, and try to use meaningful names.

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Originally Posted by itsme86

The truth is, it doesn't matter what convention you use as long as you're consistent throughout the program. Just be careful to avoid reserved names and prefixes, and try to use meaningful names.

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+2 :)

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