Friday, March 28, 2003

My C# coding conventions I know that Microsoft is promoting Camel-hump notation for variable names, but having written a fair amount of C# code now, I think this is a bad practice.  Case sensitivity as a differentiation mechanism just doesn't cut it for me.  So here's what I am doing for variables names: 1) Specify full namespaces for non-value types and types as generic variable names   System.EventArgs EventArgs = new System.EventArgs();   MyNamespace.Animal Animal = new MyNamespace.Animal("Cat"); 2) Specify full namespaces for non-value types and prefixed types as specific variable names   System.EventArgs TreeViewEventArgs = new System.EventArgs();   MyNamespace.Animal DeadAnimal = new MyNamespace.Animal("Sabretoothed Tiger"); 3) Prepending m_ for member variables, s_ for static variables, i_ for input variables, io_ for input/output variables, o_ for output variables.   public class Animal()   {       static int s_CreatedCount;       private string m_Name;       public Animal(string i_Name)       {           m_Name= i_Name;            ++s_CreatedCount;       } } This technique allows any reader, including myself, to quickly discern information about the variable without having to search for it's declaration.  Yes I know that my technique involves more typing, but I believe that the advantage are worth it.  Also, let's not forget that IntelliSense helps out a lot.  8:30:13 AM    comment []

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