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A comment on Felienne Hermans: How patterns in variable names can make code easier to read.

Re:Felienne Hermans: How patterns in variable names can make... by gfaregan on Sunday May 22, 2022 @09:20PM (#31474443)
My only rule for variable names is to never use abbreviations.
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Re:Felienne Hermans: How patterns in variable names can make... by DonHopkins on Monday May 23, 2022 @11:26AM (#31480223)
I strongly agree. There's only one correct way to spell a word, but many different possible abbreviations. The hard part is remembering just WHICH letters to leave out, not typing the letters.
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