Re: Appropriate Name Question
On Apr 12, 4:41 am, Victor Bazarov <v.Abaza...@comAcast.net> wrote:
blargg wrote:
Victor Bazarov wrote:
blargg wrote:
Immortal Nephi wrote:
I want to know. Should I start naming first upper case
and then lower case on both variable and function. Name
helps to reduce confusion for better readability.
[...]
This is the convention I use:
[..]
void delete_files(); // verb phrase: functions that do something
void disk_count(); // noun phrase: function that returns value
. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Aha... Shouldn't it be
unsigned disk_count();
perhaps? <BG>
Heh, yeah, I went and made the same error as the original
poster (and I was even going to correct him on it, until I
decided not to comment on his examples). Except I'd return a
signed int, since it's a number not a bitmask. :)
My logic (which has to be faulty) dictates that the number of
something cannot be signed... But if the positive range of an
int covers all possible values, then there is probably no
difference.
There is if you write something like:
if ( disk_count() > -1 )
:-). Mixing signed and unsigned in C++ leads to all sorts of
surprises, and is best avoided. The natural "integral" type is
int, which is signed, so it's best to avoid unsigned except for
special cases. (The problem is that "unsigned" doesn't behave
as a proper cardinal type, especially when mixed with signed.
If it did, I'd agree with you.)
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