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- From: mlanett@Apple.COM (Mark Lanett)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Mac programming conventions?
- Message-ID: <71344@apple.Apple.COM>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 18:34:40 GMT
- References: <16r0guINN96a@cs.utexas.edu>
- Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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- wardrb@cs.utexas.edu (Richard Byron Ward) writes:
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- >I am trying to analyze a large body of C++ code right now and
- >there are comments interspersed through it that simply
- >say: /* T */
-
- >They are generally placed before member definitions (same line),
- >but I can't figure out what the T stands for. This reminds me of
- >a variable naming convention that I heard about on the Macintosh,
- >but this program is written to run on Unix. Can anyone shed some
- >light on these mysterious Ts?
-
- There is a convention that class names begin with T, for Type, because of the
- Object Pascal origin of the larget-used class library on the Mac. I'll bet
- someone decided they didn't like hand-mangling their class names and did a
- search-and-replace on them...
- --
- Have a bajillion brilliant Jobsian lithium licks.
- Mark Lanett, NOT speaking for anyone. Personal opinion only.
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