Re: [binarycloud-dev] my $.02 on variable naming conventions

[TAO R. <ron...@ho...>]

>In light of the recent discussions about variable and method naming
>conventions I'd like to add my suggestions based on what I've used in
>numerous large projects in C++, Java, and lately in PHP that tend to
>feel quite natural for at least a few pockets of programmers laboring in
>unlabeled buildings in a few urban centers:
>
>
>1.) Variable and method names: mixed case with lower case leading, with
>leading or trailing underscores to signify private or global.
>
>e.g. $userName seems to be favored and $_userName for a local and
>"private" variables, $userName_ for global and for "public".
I would say for public just named like $myName rather than $myName_,
because it seem much more easy and convenicnce for people who progam
with BC API
>
>Sadly, function names are not case sensitive in php, so one has to be a
>bit careful.
>
>
>
>2.) Getters and setters:
>
>I agree with Aderhold re: getProperty() and setProperty(...) seem quite
>natural.
>
>
>
>It's too bad that php doesn't support function overloading, it would be
>nice to be able to define setter and getter functions as:
>
>$obj->name_() - gets name value, name($stringVarHere) - sets name value
>$obj->name_($someName_);  sets the $_name property of $obj to equal
>$someName_
>
>It would be nice if binary cloud allowed this convention also.
>
>
>
>One simple workaround to the overloading problem:
>
>class test
>{
>var $_name="not set";
>
>function name_($val)
for the function prototype, should be like setMe($foo1 = '', $foo2 = '')
otherwise if user do not provide anything while calling the method,
PHP engine give him any error response
>{
>	 if(isset($val))
>		$this->_name=$val;
>	 else
>	    return $this->_name;
>}
>
>}
>/* exercise class test */
>$obj=new test;
>$tvar=$obj->name_(null);
>echo "obj name is $tvar<br>";
>$obj->name_("set");
>$tvar=$obj->name_(null);
>echo "obj name is $tvar<br>";
>
>
>
>The above are just my own thoughts - I wanted to add my vote to the
>discussion. Thank you.

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