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The easiest problem (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (10 children)

Single character variable names are my pet peeve. I even name iterator variables a real word instead of “i” now.. (although writing the OG low level for loops is kinda rare for me now)

Naming things “x”.. shudder. Well, the entire world is getting to see how that idea transpires hahah

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (4 children)

X, y, and z should only be used when working with things with dimensions larger than 1. Indexing into a 2D array, x and y are great uses. I'm also totally fine with i and j for indexer/iterator when appropriate, but I hate when people try to make short variable names for no good reason. We have auto-complete just about everywhere now. Make the names descriptive. There's literally no reason not to.

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