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From: "Christopher Friesen" <cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com>
To: georgn@somanetworks.com
Cc: Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [OT?] Coding Style
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 13:05:59 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A6DC807.1451EB61@nortelnetworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <28560036253BD41191A10000F8BCBD116BDCCD@zcard00g.ca.nortel.com> <200101231600.LAA24562@mah21awu.cas.org> <14957.44505.115108.445550@somanetworks.com>

Georg Nikodym wrote:

> I think that the distinction is moot and this argument a waste of
> time.  If you are anything more than a code tourist, you should have
> no trouble dealing with mnemonic names.  So the above can become:
> 
> /*
>  * timcaefn == this is my clear and easy function name
>  */
> void timcaefn (void);
> 
> If you're at all concerned about RSI, your fingers will thank you.

This is why the autocompletion of functions and struct members in VC++ is
awfully nice...hit the first few unique letters and it will complete the rest of
the function for you, then hit tab and keep going.  Is there anything with that
functionality under Linux?

Chris


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  reply	other threads:[~2001-01-23 18:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-01-23 15:41 [OT?] Coding Style Jonathan Earle
2001-01-23 15:58 ` Larry McVoy
2001-01-23 16:00 ` Mike Harrold
2001-01-23 16:32   ` Joe deBlaquiere
2001-01-24  1:14     ` Steve Underwood
2001-01-25 13:33       ` Kai Henningsen
2001-01-24  5:42     ` Brent Rowland
2001-01-24  5:50       ` Andre Hedrick
2001-01-24  9:58   ` Completely offtopic : " Bernd Petrovitsch
2001-01-26  0:20   ` James Stevenson
2001-01-23 16:14 ` Georg Nikodym
2001-01-23 18:05   ` Christopher Friesen [this message]
2001-01-23 18:41     ` Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer
2001-01-23 18:44   ` Georg Nikodym
2001-01-23 18:53   ` James Kelly
2001-01-23 17:42 ` John Kodis
2001-01-25 13:38   ` Kai Henningsen
2001-01-25 13:25 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-01-25 19:30   ` Harald Arnesen
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-01-23 22:22 Jonathan Earle
2001-01-23 16:47 Jesse Pollard
2001-01-24  0:07 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-01-22 21:09 Stephen Satchell
2001-01-22 16:42 ` Mark I Manning IV
2001-01-22 23:56 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2001-01-23  0:01   ` Larry McVoy
2001-01-23  6:37 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-01-23  8:37 ` Helge Hafting
2001-01-23 18:58   ` Alan Olsen
2001-01-22 17:53 Jonathan Earle
2001-01-22 16:04 Jonathan Earle
2001-01-22 16:19 ` Mike Harrold
2001-01-22 16:22 ` Larry McVoy
2001-01-22 18:29   ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-01-22 23:20   ` Admin Mailing Lists
2001-01-23  0:54     ` Werner Almesberger
2001-01-23 12:28   ` Steve Underwood
2001-01-23 16:17     ` Nicolas Noble
2001-01-23 21:16       ` David Benfell
2001-01-23 12:52   ` Andrew Morton
2001-01-23 18:10   ` Stephen Satchell
2001-01-22 17:43 ` Gregory Maxwell
2001-01-20 15:32 Anton Altaparmakov
2001-01-20 16:19 ` [OT?] " profmakx.fmp
2001-01-21  5:10   ` Ragnar Hojland Espinosa
2001-01-21  5:50     ` Admin Mailing Lists
2001-01-21  5:58       ` Mike A. Harris
2001-01-21  7:07         ` Josh Myer
2001-01-21  7:20       ` Alan Olsen
2001-01-21 22:40       ` Mo McKinlay
2001-01-22  0:23         ` Admin Mailing Lists

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