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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Name before type: why 'age int' is better than 'int age'

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Name before type: why 'age int' is better than 'int age'

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

A variable's name is more important than its type, so the name should be more prominent and come first in declarations.

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Try to write some code and see if it matters. Try to argue against a compiler, please.

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