Re: procedure parameter names

I love the discussion you have inhere ....

And we all love the long names that comes out of XML-INTO or should the
command
be named as ReadDataIntoExtensibleMarkupLanguageDataScructures ???

PersonalMotorcyclePolicyInqRq.OtherOrPriorPolicy.C
overage.Limit.LimitAppliesToCd

- Easy to remember, it takes only a second amoung 100 other names -
- Easy and fast to type and ofcourse casesensitive
- Completely understandable, humans thinks like a tree
;-)
/henrik




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On 20/05/2010, at 9:05 PM, Larry Ducie wrote:

Having said that, RPG supports (IIRC) variable names up to 4096
bytes long.

True.

This is the longest supported (and documented) variable name length
that I am aware of in any programming language. I can only think
that the ability to code a variable with a name 4096 bytes long is a
case of Barbara et al showing off in a grand fashion, more than out
of any kind of necessity on the developer's part. A slight but
welcome over-compensation methinks - the compiler team equivalent of
buying a sports car at 40. ;-)

Nope, supposedly a customer request/requirement. I presume some sort
of code generator that got carried away with names. Barbara would know
more. Many languages with so-called long name support actually only
tolerate long names and require them to be unique within the first n
characters where n is some number less than the tolerated size.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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