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A few times when looking at code on the net I have seen objects,
variables etc prefixed by an underscore. But I've never seen any
explanation for the reason for this. What is the reason for doing this?
Thanks,
Mike
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- This is olb naming convention for private variables. In new MS naming
convention you should use m_ as prefix for private members
More information can be found here
or use FxCop to validate
http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/fxcop/
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"mike parr" <mparr_1972.net-csharp.itags.org.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> A few times when looking at code on the net I have seen objects,
> variables etc prefixed by an underscore. But I've never seen any
> explanation for the reason for this. What is the reason for doing this?
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
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#1; Wed, 21 May 2008 22:28:00 GMT
- I think the guidlines actually discourage use of m_ when it says "Do
not apply a prefix to field names or static field names."
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Scott
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:40:41 +0300, "Tamir Khason"
<tamir-NOSPAM.net-csharp.itags.org.tcon-NOSPAM.co.il> wrote:
>This is olb naming convention for private variables. In new MS naming
>convention you should use m_ as prefix for private members
>More information can be found here
>or use FxCop to validate
>http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/fxcop/
#2; Wed, 21 May 2008 22:29:00 GMT
- Nothing magical about it; it's just one of many naming conventions for
private class members. I think the underscore prefix is favored by C++
coders.
--Bob
"mike parr" <mparr_1972.net-csharp.itags.org.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> A few times when looking at code on the net I have seen objects,
> variables etc prefixed by an underscore. But I've never seen any
> explanation for the reason for this. What is the reason for doing this?
> Thanks,
> Mike
#3; Wed, 21 May 2008 22:30:00 GMT
- I think prefixing any variable in a strongly typed environment simply adds
clutter. I find the convention of capitalizing public members but not
private is much more elegant. Just my opinion.
Mike
"Rakesh Rajan" <RakeshRajan.net-csharp.itags.org.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hmm...I have always been in the opinion that whenever we have an exposed
member like a public variable or property etc, we should avoid Hungarian
Notation and prefixes of any type. But for private entities, I would use m_
or a prefix...
> --
> Rakesh Rajan
>
> "Scott Allen" wrote:
> > I think the guidlines actually discourage use of m_ when it says "Do
> > not apply a prefix to field names or static field names."
> >
> > --
> > Scott
> >
> > On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:40:41 +0300, "Tamir Khason"
> > <tamir-NOSPAM.net-csharp.itags.org.tcon-NOSPAM.co.il> wrote:
> >
> > >This is olb naming convention for private variables. In new MS naming
> > >convention you should use m_ as prefix for private members
> > >More information can be found here
> >
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpgenref/h
tml/cpconnamingguidelines.asp
> > >or use FxCop to validate
> > >http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/fxcop/
> >
> >
#4; Wed, 21 May 2008 22:31:00 GMT