On Jan 8, 2008 2:44 PM, Austin English <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm seeing quite a few abbreviations. While they don't hurt anything, > they do give the code a slang tone. I personally think that wine is a > very professional project, and it's code should reflect that. While > this is obviously a very generic question, I wanted to clarify before > submitting some changes for these. > > A few examples. These are all in comments, not in actual code, and I'm > checking to make sure compilation/tests still pass before submitting. > mem -> memory > init -> initialize > concat -> concatenate > nr/num -> number > infos -> information > manuf -> manufacturer > > Etc. Anyone have any objections to these being changed? Call me a > grammar nazi, but it's easier to read when not shortened like that. >
I object. They're perfectly readable as abbreviations. We try to have as few style rules as possible, and not allowing abbreviations goes too far. -- James Hawkins
