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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Just Wondering
Message-ID: <3950@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 24 Apr 89 13:32:16 GMT
References: <13159@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <10088@smoke.BRL.MIL> <1126@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <1126@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov>, raymond@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov (Eric A. Raymond) writes:
> I agree that they improve your namespace, but not in any usable way.
> (Sort of like the big gear/little gear combinations on a bike.  You
> can use them, but it's not a good idea.)  Although its debatable, I
> feel its bad style to use the same name (in diffrent cases) for
> different purposes within a program.

You mean this is evil and rude:

BOOL framistan(file)
char *file;
{
	FILE *fp;

	if(!(fp = fopen(file, "r")))
		return FALSE;

	...

How about this:

#define Strlen(s) (s?strlen(s):0)

How about this:

: LOOP
  ?COMPILE
  3 ?MATCH
  COMPILE loop HERE - HERE ! ;
IMMEDIATE

How about homonyms?

BOOL boule(fyle)
char *fyle;
{
	FILE *fp;

	if(!(fp = fopen(fyle, "r")))
		return FALSE;

	...
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