Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-directory-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 67235 invoked from network); 1 Nov 2005 19:12:17 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 1 Nov 2005 19:12:17 -0000 Received: (qmail 28164 invoked by uid 500); 1 Nov 2005 19:12:16 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-directory-dev-archive@directory.apache.org Received: (qmail 28122 invoked by uid 500); 1 Nov 2005 19:12:16 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@directory.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Apache Directory Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@directory.apache.org Received: (qmail 28111 invoked by uid 99); 1 Nov 2005 19:12:16 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 01 Nov 2005 11:12:16 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.4 required=10.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_POST,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: domain of aok123@bellsouth.net designates 205.152.59.70 as permitted sender) Received: from [205.152.59.70] (HELO imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net) (205.152.59.70) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 01 Nov 2005 11:12:12 -0800 Received: from ibm65aec.bellsouth.net ([65.80.200.112]) by imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20051101191151.QFBM19457.imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm65aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 14:11:51 -0500 Received: from [172.16.1.39] (really [65.80.200.112]) by ibm65aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20051101191151.ZSBQ28071.ibm65aec.bellsouth.net@[172.16.1.39]> for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 14:11:51 -0500 Message-ID: <4367BDF6.9020801@bellsouth.net> Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 14:11:50 -0500 From: Alex Karasulu User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Macintosh/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dev@directory.apache.org Subject: [Coding Conventions] What's this l_, a_, m_, s_ prefix madness for variables? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N While I'm at it ... I'm embarrassed to say this is an old style I used in the past as a C-coder before there were nice IDEs. I used to use emacs (not Xemacs which is for kids :-)) most of the time to edit my code in xterms so I did not see declarations and the prefix helped understand the scope of the variables. Those days are long gone and I have not used this convention in years. The code that contains these variable prefixes must have been written 3+ years ago. With modern IDEs there is no need to prefix these variables any longer. If you see this usage please feel free to whipe it out, but please do make sure assignments are ok. Do not just mass remove l_, m_ but make sure you use 'this.' to replace m_. Alex