[jawsscripts] Re: how safe are close variable names do people reckon?
- From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 14:06:07 +1000
Great. thanks very much doug for this.
just thought I'd check.
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From: "Doug Lee" <doug.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 2:02 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: how safe are close variable names do people
reckon?
> Confirmed: Computers are precise, and if they're different, even if
> by just one character, they're different enough for a compiler.
>
> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:56:30PM -0500, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> I think they're perfectly safe. I don't think a compiler, language,
> preprocessor or anything like that will have a problem with similar but
> different variables. I think the biggest danger here is with the
> programmer.
> If the variables aren't descriptive enough or are too similar than
> mistakes
> might be made or it might get confusing, especially when maintaining the
> script or program.
>
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> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geoff Chapman
> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 10:49 PM
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> Subject: [jawsscripts] how safe are close variable names do people reckon?
>
> Mighty Scripters.
>
> Just checking on general thoughts here, but, how safe do people reckon it
> would be, re potential confusion of processing, to be dealing with
> variable
> names that are like reeeally close together? like, say, sLine, and sLine1
> for example?
>
> you reckon the scripting engine, or whatever it's called, would be totally
> comfortable with that? or, do people reckon one ought to avoid making
> variables that are so close in structure that their string names are only
> different by the omission of one single character at the end, would be in
> any way dangerous?
>
> thanks.
>
> geoff c.
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