Re: [xsl] Standards checkers for XSLT

["Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 25 Nov 2006 06:33:47 +0000, Colin Paul Adams
<colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>> "Dimitre" == Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>    Dimitre> Using hyphens or underscores to separate words in a name
>    Dimitre> may be more readable, but has the side effect of
>    Dimitre> occupying more space and requiring more keystrokes.
>
> Which is a good thing.
> We don't use one-letter variables (I hope).
>
> Space and keystorkes do not need economy.

This is not completely true.


> Code is far more often read than written, so it is a false economy to
> worry about the number of keystrokes.

Whenever there are 3-4 names and each of them is twice longer than it
could be (just for "readability")  very easy to end up   with so long
lines that one would need to scroll horizontally to read the whole
text.

This is a case, when putting too much effort for readability achieves
the reverse effect.


I am not pushing anybody to follow my rules -- gave them just an
example of a small and simple set of rules that someone (I myself)
actually follows successfully.

Clearly, more than one such set of rules can exist and to demand
followers of one to convert to another just isn't mature. :o)

Also, here we are talking about "cosmetics", which is so much trivial
and superficial compared to "real health" of a system. :o)


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Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev
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