Re: Nostalgia

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From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:52

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J. Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> writes:
>On 26 Feb 2018 11:32:49 GMT, Jorgen Grahn <grahn...@snipabacken.se>

>>It depends on the context.  For very local variables I tend to favor
>>one-letter names like i (for iteration), p, q (pointers), n and m
>>(quantities and sizes).
>
>I used to do that but realized that it's a bad habit for a variety of
>reasons.  (Working in insurance and using APL has a lot to do with it
>I think).  First, single letter variable names are hard to search on.

/\<i\>

will find the variable i (and not get a hit on the letter i when
part of a word) in vi.

>So are variable names that form parts of common words. 

You need a better editor.

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