On 22/05/12 15:51, Yong Huang wrote: > ... GetAreaSize() may take even less time for the brain to process > than get_area_size() every time your eyes are on it. I have no idea if it takes lees time to process it or not, but to my ageing eyes, GetAreaSize() is easier to read and understand than get_area_size(). Unless I'm fooling myself of course, but I find it seems quicker to read the first example than the second. Maybe it's because the first example reads as a single word, albeit one which is three combined words, while the latter looks almost like three words, but I prefer my words to have spaces between them? I don't know. Maybe a brain scan would help? The one coding "standard" that always blew me away was Windows 3.1 and Hungarian Notation! But let's not go there! Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l