Thread: Hungarian Notation

hmm....never really thought about something like

Code:

char *a,
     *b,
      c;

I think I'll steal that method from you, it's niiicccee

I really don't like hungarian notation though...it's...ugly! I always try to make my source pretty ...but still. I'd never be caught dead writing code like:

unsigned int *g_puiVariable;

I'm much happier with

unsinged int *Variable;

and running my mouse over the variable to see what type it was if I ever needed to...

For short program, I don't use it. But for big program... Hungarian notation!!

I don't like it, because if I ever want to typecast, I have to screw around with the variable name, and I might have to change the whole program. That would be unfortunate.

Errr, not typecast. But, if I was using an int, and I needed to change it to a long because the number needed a decimal point, then it would be kind of dumb.

its rotten

millions of lines of the linux kernel dont use hungarian (or for that matter any) notation

and yet its more stable than win which does


i guess its better to write ample comments in your code rather than resorting to

for(int Ii = 0; Ii ...etc

i guess its better to write ample comments

The one good thing to be said for hungarian notation is that you're never going to do this:

iNum = 298500;

or this

ulNum = -298500;

Not that its very likely anyhow, but...

I think I'll steal that method from you, it's niiicccee

Why thank you. Glad to have contributed something.

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