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Re:AI to name your Java Classes by manmal on Sunday March 05, 2023 @11:47AM (#35031275)
Why would it be such a good idea to obfuscate the semantics of three different loops (i,j,k) instead of writing “userIndex”, “addressIndex”, and “charIndex”? With “j”, I have to lookup its meaning constantly. If I need to scroll to understand the meaning of a variable, then there is room for improvement in my opinion.
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Re:AI to name your Java Classes by MikeTheGreat on Sunday March 05, 2023 @12:08PM (#35031526)
You're right that they're terrible names, and that giving them names that describe how the counter is being used would be better

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Since they get used as loop counters so much you at least know that they're being used in a loop. It's not much info, but at least it's something. (The grandparent's suggestion of 'a, c, w' (or whatever) tells me _nothing_ :) )

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