[Oberon] Identifiers and Capitalization

[jan verhoeven]

Op Tuesday 14 March 2006 23:26 schreef John Drake:

 > --- Thomas Frey <thomas.frey at alumni.ethz.ch> wrote:
 > > For the newer Modules in Native Oberon and
 > > especially in Bluebottle,
 > > normally the following convention was used:
 > >
 > > Constant/Static "things" start capital. I.E.
 > > Modules, Types,
 > > Constants, Procedures.
 > > Variables start small : Variables, Fields,
 > > Parameters
 > >
 > > Variables used as Constants because there is no
 > > static way for
 > > initialization in the Language (Records/Arrays) are
 > > used
 > > inconsistently upper/lower case.
 > >
 > > --Thomas
 >
 > Well the original convention avoided that
 > problem since variables and constants were
 > treated the same.  (They start with lower
 > case).  Perhaps this problem was the reason
 > for that convention?

Originally, there wasn't a problem since my friend Wirth wanted to keep 
modules small and comprehensible. In a 1000 line module, you just know 
what's going on.

Keep it small and simple. Otherwise: go code in Qt and C++.

If the program is too big, the analysis of the problem was wrong, one 
bright mind once remarked.

-- 
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Jan Verhoeven
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