Hello
I read somewhere that its not recommented to start variable names with underscores such as _list, _some_member, etc..
However, I read somewhere else that there is nothing wrong with that..
Im used to write variable names with underscores (especially class members) so I write _member instead m_member..
So what is the proper/right way?
For class members it's fine. For other variables you should avoid it because compilers tend to use names beginning with _ for things you shouldn't mess around with. For example (my) stdio.h contains:
If you happened to make a variable named _iob in your program, then stdin, stdout and stderr would stop working in the scope of that variable.Code:__MINGW_IMPORT FILE _iob[]; /* An array of FILE imported from DLL. */ #endif /* __DECLSPEC_SUPPORTED */ #define stdin (&_iob[STDIN_FILENO]) #define stdout (&_iob[STDOUT_FILENO]) #define stderr (&_iob[STDERR_FILENO])
A huge combination of names beginning with _ are reserved for use by the system.
Generally speaking, it's much simpler to avoid their use altogether in your code.
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