Re: Meaningful Procedure names

["Joe Teff" <joeteff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I get the impression that you do not consider the long name
capability either neccessary or desirable. I agree that long
names for the sake of long names is unproductive and can
make code harder to read, rather than easier. On the other
hand, there are times that restricting your name to 6, 10 or
12 charcters does the same. I rarely go over 12, but there
are rare occasions when I use 15-20 charaters because it
causes the code to be easier to understand.

Joe Teff

>Here's an example:
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>H nomain
>
>D Really_long_but_not_necessarily_meaningful_procedure_name...
>D                 pr             1a
>D   parm1                        1a   value
>
>P Really_long_but_not_necessarily_meaningful_procedure_name...
>P                 b                   export
>D Really_long_but_not_necessarily_meaningful_procedure_name...
>D                 pi             1a
>D   parm1                        1a   value
>C                   return    parm1
>P Really_long_but_not_necessarily_meaningful_procedure_name...
>P                 e
>--------------------------------------------------------------


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