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ntaylor (5/21/2008)
If the SDLC etc provides for, and encourages, improvement then there is not a problem.
If the SDLC etc provides for, and encourages, improvement then you have acknowledged...
May 21, 2008 at 6:00 pm
ntaylor (5/16/2008)
I disagree. Consistency is the long term enemy of quality. Consistency breeds stagnation and prevents the adoption...
May 19, 2008 at 9:48 pm
ntaylor (5/19/2008)
What if developer B comes along and sees something they're NOT used to; but after 20 minutes fathoming out how it works takes 3 hours less making the change,...
May 19, 2008 at 9:41 pm
In the context of commercial code... Quality is consistency.
If code can be written by developer A and in 6 months developer B can pick it up and feel at home...
May 18, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Grant Fritchey (5/14/2008)
Are the columns individually overridden?
Yes. The address example was not real life. The actual columns (sub set) are:
- TareMass
- GrossMass
- CoupledLength
- DrawGearRating
- NominalWheelDiameter
etc.
Class of Rail...
May 14, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Anirban Paul (5/14/2008)
Readability comes from indentation and usage of space not from smaller case or capital case.
Agreed that whitespace is step one, consistent case is almost as important to...
May 14, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Thanks for the input.
The real life issue is more complex. There are 23 attributes (columns) of which any 1 or more can be overridden at the lower level.
A true...
May 13, 2008 at 6:17 pm
History.
I started programming in 1971... On an IBM 1130 then a System 370/115
- what is this lowercase you speak of? 🙂
We only had uppercase. Ditto CDC...
May 12, 2008 at 6:49 pm
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