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- Item 4383265 10-April-90 11:49PDT
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- From: HABLUTZEL Hablutzel, Bob
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- To: MACAPP.TECH$ MacApp Technical
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- Sub: Re: Naming conventions
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- > One of the great virtues of OP is the fact that modifications to programs can
- > be beautifully isolated. Wholesale "replaces" of variable names, etc. put us
- > right back into the bad old days when a change to one "little" part of a
- > program (like a format) could cause the whole program to curl up and die.
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- I must disagree with this - Object programming protects the abstract
- workings of the program, not the actual implementation. The workings of the
- program would not change, merely the names of the object.
- OK, you argue, but I must change my program to reflect these new, improved
- variables names. No way, dude! That's what computers are for - a single MPW
- script could handle the changes for us, provided the changes are done in a
- meaningful, consistant manner.
- I'm for the change over, myself. Personally, I'd like to see it within the
- toolbox as well.
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- Bob
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