[V4REV] symbolic constants

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 5/13/05 12:27 PM, "Robert Brenstein" <rjb at robelko.com> wrote:

>> 2) so if you agree that numeric values are devil, then you will start SELF
>> define symbolic variable in the same way in EACH function where you need it
>> 
>>  on event      
>>       kClientSide = 1
>>       kReadOnly = 2
>>       kRandom  = 2
>> 
>>       VDatabase_SqlSelect( query, kClientSide, kReadOnly, kRandom )
>>  end
> 
> a) Such names would not be, however, acceptable IMHO. They must be
> prefixed with gValentina_ for example to avoid name conflicts. The
> names you are suggesting are just too generic. Somebody else looking

In the example above I have write them inside of FUNCTION,
So no conflicts

> at my code might see kRandom not used for whatever reason and wonder
> what it is and where it is coming from. Using "g" to prefix a global
> var is quite common. See the following article
> 
> http://www.fourthworld.com/embassy/articles/scriptstyle.html



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