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I'd love to read more specifically how coding style makes things easier or harder. It'd be really interesting to know if there are some general rules in this sp
by mstade 9y ago
I'd love to read more specifically how coding style makes things easier or harder. It'd be really interesting to know if there are some general rules in this space, and if so how they may or may not help sighted programmers read code. Really interesting perspective on a topic which is usually just a mosh pit of opinions.
- trishume 9y agoI'm not blind, but I found this comment by a blind programmer really interesting. Block comments are way more important when using a screen reader: https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/fmt-rfcs/issues/17#issuecomment-250933230 https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/fmt-rfcs/issues/17#issu...
- tyingq 9y agoThat would be interesting. I wonder, for example, if underscores are better or worse than camelcase. Or if screen readers know when to say "dot" vs "period". Or if screen readers are reasonable for odd stuff like regex syntax and multi character constructs like ->.