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Nobody said anything against really short names, the article argues against non-descriptive variable names, whether short or long.
by alex_c 15y ago
Nobody said anything against really short names, the article argues against non-descriptive variable names, whether short or long.
- evincarofautumn 15y agoIndeed, provided you know the problem domain, the most descriptive name (xs, x_rms) is almost always far shorter than the literal alternative (horizontal_positions, quadratic_mean_of_horizontal_positions).