By Shaharyr
via dev102.com
Published: Jul 17 2008 / 14:23
Yes, I will use m_ prefix for class members. I DO NOT NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS. Shut up.
Actually, I don’t mind which prefix shall be used but in order to make member variables distinct from local variables, we have to give it some prefix. This is a part of a coding convention for C++ adopted by Microsoft called Hungarian notation. Some of you may say that it may be a bit disturbing using C++ naming conventions in C# code, but...
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Nick Brown replied ago:
As long as you are using a modern IDE which can differentiate between local variables and instance variables, this is a non-issue.
galiel replied ago:
It is an issue because it doesn't solve all of the problems which were introduced.
And... VS alone doesn't differentiate between local variables and instance variables, you should use Resharper/Visual Assist ot something like that and those tools cost money!
Nick Brown replied ago:
Eclipse does the job and does not cost a thing. Local variables show up in regular text while instance variables show up as blue and in italics. Exactly which problems is it not solving?
galiel replied ago:
First of all, there are a LOT (I think most) of developers who doesn't use Eclipse, so it doesn't help them...
Besides using prefix helps you when you use intellisense...
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