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From: jak@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US (Jay A. Konigsberg)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: a style question
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Date: 2 Oct 90 01:37:25 GMT
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In article <1990Sep30.220839.20183@nntp-server.caltech.edu> manning@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Evan Marshall Manning) writes:
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>Well, if the issue really is style...
>
>Don't ever use single-character variable names.  I use 'ix' for
>loop index variables for which I can come up with no better name,

Using single letter variable names was somethiing I used to do for
simple loops and character at a time reading.

e.g:    c = getchar()
	for(i=1; i<10; ++i)
	(i, j, k & l for small loops)

While I have been "cured" of this, I'm still not convinced. As long as
the use of single chararacter variables are used in limited ways, there
really isn't any loss.

Still, I now code like this:

e.g:    inpchar = getchar()
	for (loopinx=1; loopinx < 10; ++loopinx)

It keeps me from getting flamed for unreadable code ?!?

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