Comment on What was the strangest coding standard rule that you were forced to follow?Comments−edw51913yNo numerics permitted in function names.Theory: It's prettier.Reality: Just try to understand the hierarchical relationship between 247 functions in a 10,000 line Material Requirements Planning module of an ERP system when every function name must be all alpha.−arethuza13yWouldn't that rule just end up with people writing: FloopTwentySeven rather than Floop27 :-)
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No numerics permitted in function names.
Theory: It's prettier.
Reality: Just try to understand the hierarchical relationship between 247 functions in a 10,000 line Material Requirements Planning module of an ERP system when every function name must be all alpha.
Wouldn't that rule just end up with people writing:
rather than :-)