Re: Java Variable Question

[Bruce Jin <brucej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I see them sometimes too. People seem to use them for instance variables. I
guess people keep hearing about instance variables are evils so they want to
use a special character to signify them:

_evilVariable

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 3:38 PM, James Perkins <jrperkinsjr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello All,
> I've searched but did not find an answer to this question. What does an _
> (underscore) prefix on a Java variable signify?
>
> I've seen this in some examples and some code here that people have posted.
> I'm just curious to know if it means something in general, or just a
> preference of the programmer.
>
> Probably kind of a silly question, but it's one of those things I keep
> wondering about.
>
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