variable naming...

[Erik Max Francis]

"Owen F. Ransen" wrote:

> Gonna get a lot of flames for this one maybe...
> 
> In C I am used to using the notation where the first bit
> of the name tells you the type of the variable:
> 
> int iNumFlames ;  // integer
> char szFlame[MAX_CHARS] ; // zero terminated string
> 
> and so on. I presume this is not reccommended in Python?
> I've found it very helpful in C...

You'll find plenty of people in C and C++ who think it's an awfully bad
idea, as well.

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