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I don't have any problem holding properly named variables in my mind, so I don't see what the problem is here? The only issue is that if you are writing gigant

I don't have any problem holding properly named variables in my mind, so I don't see what the problem is here? The only issue is that if you are writing gigantic statements with lots of variables, it gets too long to see properly. And that is a sign that you are writing too large expressions, and need to start cutting them into smaller parts anyway.

lifthrasiir 7y ago
You don't always replace X and Y (as in coordinates) to something longer. I know, they can be (and probably should be) replaced with left/right and top/bottom when we are talking about boxes, but not all X and Y can be replaced.
- DagAgren 7y ago
  Sure, but those are commonly used names and well established, so they act as actual, proper words in this kind of discussion. There are some widely accepted short names that can still be descriptive. But arbitrary abbreviations like "tk" don't fall into this category.
  - lifthrasiir 7y ago
    You need some basic understanding of 2D graphics to understand what is X and Y. In fact, they are not good names otherwise because it is pretty easy to mix them up---one more reason to prefer left/right/top/bottom whenever possible. I've seen some codes using Column and Row instead of X and Y for that very reason. (Not to say that I like it.) If you are okay with X and Y, you should probably have to accept that the definition of "commonly used", "well established" and "actual, proper" words is subjective and different areas and projects have different notions of them. I'm okay with `tk` if it is used consistently and doesn't interfere otherwise.
  - JustSomeNobody 7y ago
    Yes they do. tk, pc, sp, a, etc all fall into the well established category in this context.
- psychoslave 7y ago
  You replace them with abscissa and ordinate actually. And Z will be applicate, it seems, although I already heard azimuth used for this one. I'm not aware of a dedicated terms for higher dimensions, so your beautiful (w,x,y,z) quaternion tuple is a big deal, isn't it. Anyway, you can always use an array `coordinates` with whatever dimensions you want.

lifthrasiir 7y ago

You don't always replace X and Y (as in coordinates) to something longer. I know, they can be (and probably should be) replaced with left/right and top/bottom when we are talking about boxes, but not all X and Y can be replaced.

DagAgren 7y ago
Sure, but those are commonly used names and well established, so they act as actual, proper words in this kind of discussion. There are some widely accepted short names that can still be descriptive. But arbitrary abbreviations like "tk" don't fall into this category.
- lifthrasiir 7y ago
  You need some basic understanding of 2D graphics to understand what is X and Y. In fact, they are not good names otherwise because it is pretty easy to mix them up---one more reason to prefer left/right/top/bottom whenever possible. I've seen some codes using Column and Row instead of X and Y for that very reason. (Not to say that I like it.) If you are okay with X and Y, you should probably have to accept that the definition of "commonly used", "well established" and "actual, proper" words is subjective and different areas and projects have different notions of them. I'm okay with `tk` if it is used consistently and doesn't interfere otherwise.
- JustSomeNobody 7y ago
  Yes they do. tk, pc, sp, a, etc all fall into the well established category in this context.
psychoslave 7y ago
You replace them with abscissa and ordinate actually. And Z will be applicate, it seems, although I already heard azimuth used for this one. I'm not aware of a dedicated terms for higher dimensions, so your beautiful (w,x,y,z) quaternion tuple is a big deal, isn't it. Anyway, you can always use an array `coordinates` with whatever dimensions you want.