Re: Multiple returns vs. Single exit

I actually like and use the convention of adding the "m_" prefix for
members, I think it makes reading unfamiliar code much easier.

 Frank Harper

On Dec 28, 2007 10:49 PM, Attila Szegedi <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2007.12.28., at 21:47, Mark Gorokhov wrote:
>
> > Dmitry Beransky wrote:
> >> Does it have to be an "either-or" decision?  Whichever approach makes
> >> the code more readable in a given situation is the one you should
> >> use.
> >
> > There is no "either-or" in our coding standards. We must use a single
> > return, no Hungarian notation (but "m_" is mandated), and so on.
>
> Heh - that's already partly Hungarian notation then. Charles probably
> doesn't read this list, so I don't think I'm running the risk of scorn
> next time I bump into him, but Hungarian notation is totally
> meaningless for a reasonably strongly typed language such as Java. It
> was sort-of okay for C where you could accidentally cast, say, a
> lpszFoo to iBar (but even there, a decent compiler would've warned you).
>
> >
> >
> > We are reworking old code to meet our new coding standards.
>
> Ask your manager to provide you with a cost/benefit analysis they
> performed before deciding on this grandious waste of time. If it
> doesn't exist, or doesn't convince you (I doubt it will), you can
> choose between:
> - trying to bring them to common sense
> - silent desperation
> - looking around for a new job.
>
> I'm honestly sad to read such stories in 2007 (nearly 2008).
>
> Attila.
>
> >
> >
> > Mark G.
> >
>
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