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znakeeye
Tomato Guru
379 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 07 2008 : 04:14:23 AM
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I don't know how many times I write this a day:
CSomeClass someClass;
Wouldn't it be great if there was some fast "Declare a variable of this type, with a decent name"-function? I think there should be something like Ctrl+Enter that does things like this (I'm using acronyms here):
Cmycs Ctrl+Enter yields: CMyClass myClass;\\n
usig Ctrl+Enter yields: unsigned int i;\\n
The variable name should then be selected to let the user decide whether it should be changed or not.
Regarding class instances, I believe the best solution is to remove any leading 'C' and then make the first character lower case. For basic types I guess this is a good trade-off:
char => c
long/int => i
other => var
An extension would be to allow Ctrl+Enter after an asterisk, and insert the following:
CMyClass* Ctrl+Enter yields: CMyClass *pMyClass = new CMyClass(|);
int* Ctrl+Enter yields: int *pVar = new int[|];
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19024 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2008 : 2:13:24 PM
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I do see the appeal, but I can also feel an "enthusiastic discussion" (someone will want me lynched if we do that  ) coming on from people who want different naming conventions.
A couple of obvious edge cases:
* class member variables. often these start with "m_" or "_"
* 6 variables in a row of the same type
While testing things I often end up with similar names, but for real world code at least half my variables have "better" names that are more descriptive.
A lot of people hate the idea of using the type as part of the variable name. Personally I find this helpful, especially when working in a scripting language, but again it is down to personal preference. |
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Smart variable declaration
