Re:Stop Using Conventional Commits
by npstr on Friday June 05, 2026 @07:15PM
(#48419590)
i and j etc is bad though, but for a different reason than usually claimed. it's suboptimal because it's hard to search for. just use ii, jj, kk, etc
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If you need to search for a variable named i - you should have named it something else (and no, jj is NOT an improvement in that case).
One letter variables are supposed to be used in scopes that fit on the screen completely. You might as well search for "for"
TL; DR: it's on purpose.
Also the fact that every search function since the dawn of interactive computing can search for whole words only (like -w in grep or C-w in emacs).
Re:Stop Using Conventional Commits
by SoftTalker on Saturday June 06, 2026 @11:19AM
(#48425893)
> One letter variables are supposed to be used in scopes that fit on the screen completely.
Exactly, and ideally in less space than that. If you have something like:
for (i=0; i<10; i++) {
foo(i);
bar(i);
}