I did some programming for a civil engineering firm, where long, descriptive variable names were also important for making code easier to read and understand.
In this case, it was necessary because the code would have to be reviewed by others to pass QC.
Its not just for other developers (when I revisit something I've written months/years ago). But yeah, when I have to review code with Testing/QA, who aren't full time developers, it makes it much easier to step them through what is being done.
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ps: especially since I'm always sparse on comments...
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I did some programming for a civil engineering firm, where long, descriptive variable names were also important for making code easier to read and understand.
In this case, it was necessary because the code would have to be reviewed by others to pass QC.
Just my two cents, added to yours, to make four.
$0.06
Its not just for other developers (when I revisit something I've written months/years ago). But yeah, when I have to review code with Testing/QA, who aren't full time developers, it makes it much easier to step them through what is being done.
-- ps: especially since I'm always sparse on comments...