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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: MAJOR ANSI C FLAW (my opinion, of course)
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Date: Sun, 11-Oct-87 18:46:56 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 11 18:46:56 1987
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Keywords: external names, length, bogosity to the max

> ... If I stick to a 6 char external minimum, my coding
> style and readability will be severely compromised.  Ever try to provide large
> numbers of MEANINGFUL identifier names with a 6 char limit????

Oh, nonsense.  It's a pain, yes, but it's not that hard, unless you belong
to the school that thinks that "NumberOfCharactersInString" is somehow more
meaningful than "nchars".  Everything I code has external names unique in
the first six characters (note that you *can* use more, you just have to
ensure uniqueness).  Once in a long while it makes me grit my teeth and
use a less-than-ideal name.  Big deal.
-- 
"Mir" means "peace", as in           |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
"the war is over; we've won".        | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry