On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Travis Siegel <tsie...@softcon.com> wrote: > > And here is the difference between programmers and users. > > Yes, most programmer interfaces start at 0, but when a user opens your > > sreadsheet, they expect to see their first cell number as a1, not a0. > > I personally always make my code 1-based, because I am not a computer, and > > nobody I know starts counting at 0, and their program interfaces should > > reflect that. > > I fully agree. So to add to my previous reply. Internally (for the > developers), use 0-based counting. But when things are displayed > visually to the _user_ i would definitely display the first row as 1. > > That means all internal RTL container classes including your component > uses 0-based counting. Only the painting gets done as 1-based > counting. For me this is so self-evident, that I didn't even bother to write it :( I was only making a statement as to how it is coded. Display to the user must obviously be 1 and A based. Michael. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
