Re:C Strings and my slow descent to madness
by stephc_int13 on Thursday April 06, 2023 @08:32PM
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Naming is extremely important, and while strlen is a very basic and hardly ambiguous example, consistency is key and I believe that good naming rules should be applied globally or at least at the framework level.
I think that full words and verbs are easier to read and avoid ambiguity.
I guess this is a matter of style and preference.
This anecdote reminds me of the Mutazt type, something I found in a new codebase I was asked to debug. I had to dig for almost an hour to find exactly what this type was.
Turns out it was a char*, a C string. Buried under 4-5 levels of abstractions.
I think that full words and verbs are easier to read and avoid ambiguity.
I guess this is a matter of style and preference.
This anecdote reminds me of the Mutazt type, something I found in a new codebase I was asked to debug. I had to dig for almost an hour to find exactly what this type was.
Turns out it was a char*, a C string. Buried under 4-5 levels of abstractions.
Mutazt = Mutable ASCII Zero Terminal.