|
From what I read in this forum, it seems that this rule only applies to the public interface, does it not ?
So, my "local variable" have a even more "private" scope than the private attributes, for they are allocated on the stack, quite invisible from the interface standpoint.
|
|
|
|
|
Hope you don't write C++ code... 
Medication for us all
You think you know me, well you're wrong
|
|
|
|
|
Sure I write C++ code, and nothing else much.
Why wouldn't I ?
|
|
|
|
|
When I was developing .NET code, I used to run FxCop[^] before each check-in to VSS, and FxCop reports any non CLS-compliant code. However, it seems I was the only one in the office that practiced this 
My programming blahblahblah blog. If you ever find anything useful here, please let me know to remove it.
|
|
|
|
|
Me: I recommend we use FxCop for our projects.
Co-worker (not CP): I think I saw that movie once.
Me: Yeah, bad ending though eh?
regards,
Paul Watson
South Africa
PMW Photography
Gary Wheeler wrote:
It's people like you that keep me heading for my big debut on CNN...
|
|
|
|
|
Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:
FxCop reports any non CLS-compliant code.
You mean the CLSCompliant attribute is not enough?
Regards,
Alvaro
Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is. -- GWB, 1999.
|
|
|
|
|
It is. Actually, what FxCop does is report an error if CLSCompliant attribute is missing and then leaves the actual enforcement of CLS compliance to the compiler.
My programming blahblahblah blog. If you ever find anything useful here, please let me know to remove it.
|
|
|
|
|
Running code through FxCop is a really bad way to start the day. "I don't like your naming convention", "get rid of that underscore", "why are initialising that value to null you idiot", "I don't like it when you contract string to str"
OK, OK - I'll fix it. Sheesh. 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
|
|
|
|
|
The first time I ran it and it came back with over 100 errors, I thought about changing careers.
Jeff Martin
My Blog
|
|
|
|
|
I write cls compliant code (as much as possible given the particulars of the project), but since internals are often renamed, why dones internal naming conventions make code "CLS" or "NON-CLS"? to me writing cls compliant code is writing code which complies to the standards of the common runtime language, not a common naming convention...
/bb|[^b]{2}/
|
|
|
|
|
Writing CLS-compliant means, among other things, no underscores in variable names, no unsigned integers and case insensivity in naming. Do you bother?
Notice the text in bold - "among other things"
Nish
|
|
|
|
|
oh I noticed it, but have never seen--out right--naming conventions be included in cls compliance, is all.
/bb|[^b]{2}/
|
|
|
|
|
CLS compliant code must work with all first class .NET languages. VB.NET, for example, isn't case sensitive and uses "_" as a special character so you have to be careful with naming your accessible entity names. Private and internal names you don't have to worry about.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
|
|
|
|
|
I think that why private method's name should begin with '_', like : _InitTab ! Then the external interface : calculate... That make more sens 
Kochise
In Code we trust !
|
|
|
|
|
Chris Maunder wrote:
CLS compliant code must work with all first class .NET languages. VB.NET, for example, isn't case sensitive and uses "_" as a special character ...
There's the proof, VB is a second class language. 
Chris Meech
I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]
Remember that in Texas, Gun Control is hitting what you aim at. [Richard Stringer]
Nice sig! [Tim Deveaux on Matt Newman's sig with a quote from me]
|
|
|
|
|
Chris Meech wrote:
There's the proof, VB is a second class language.
As others have pointed out, this is not a problem caused by VB. There goes your proof.
|
|
|
|
|
That begs the question though, why did Microsoft design a framework that way to begin with? It wouldn't have been difficult to have similar requirements for variable/function naming across languages. With the possible exception of Managed C++, the .NET languages are all either brand new or redesigns anyway, so it's not like there's any backward compatibility issues. I guess what I'm saying is, VB.NET is vastly different from VB6 anyway, why not go on and make its variable naming similar to C# and company?
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
|
|
|
|
|
Navin wrote:
so it's not like there's any backward compatibility issues.
You didn't follow all the discussions in .NET 1.0 about the changes made in VB.NET to ensure compatibility with VB6 code?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
|
|
|
|
|
Isn't it still non-trivial to port something from VB6 to VB.NET?
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
|
|
|
|
|
Chris Maunder wrote:
VB.NET, for example, isn't case sensitive and uses "_" as a special character
True, underscores are used as line continuation characters in VB.NET.
However, variable and function names are allowed to contain underscores too. Example: "m_myMemberVariable", "_anotherVariable".
I'm not sure where this restriction has come from, but I don't think it's from VB. It would be interesting to find out though.
|
|
|
|
|
Note that in C and C++, identifiers starting with _ or __ are reserved. Not that you can't get away with it a good portion of the time, but you really shouldn't try... because someone might come along and add extensions of some sort to their compiler and class lib, and suddenly your code has collisions all over the place... 
Medication for us all
You think you know me, well you're wrong
|
|
|
|
|
Gosh.. always thought it's just the __ identifiers, which are reserved..
But in this case I may be wrong.. think some guru's always used _ for private variables.. but I don't know.
All the label says is that this stuff contains chemicals "... known to the State of California to cause cancer in rats and low-income test subjects."
Roger Wright
http://www.codeproject.com/lounge.asp?select=965687&exp=5&fr=1#xx965687xx
|
|
|
|
|
Gosh.. always thought it's just the __ identifiers, which are reserved..
But in this case I may be wrong.. think some guru always used _ for private variables.. but I don't know.
All the label says is that this stuff contains chemicals "... known to the State of California to cause cancer in rats and low-income test subjects."
Roger Wright
http://www.codeproject.com/lounge.asp?select=965687&exp=5&fr=1#xx965687xx
|
|
|
|
|
I dont get it. If i write code in C# and then compile it, how is this ever going to impact on VB.Net?
[worldspawn]
|
|
|
|
|
Imagine the small chance that you write some classes that you want other developers to use. These developers find your classes very usefull. Among these developers are some VB.NET programmers. They would not be able to use your class if it's not CLS compliant.
In general, I don't think that one should bother too much about writing CLS compliant code. The most code you write isn't going to be reused anyway. But for the classes that tend to be reusable, the CLS standard should be considered.
I also got the blogging virus..[^]
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
