[Gambas-user] Better use of prefixes

[Cedron Dawg]

Not trying to be a nuisance.  A discussion like this is more appropriate in a forum setting, but you guys seem to prefer a mailing list format.  I'd be happy to move this discussion to Gambas.ONE if others would like to.  I think this discussion is reaching then end of its fruitfulness though.

But a discussion like this is appropriate to have.  You should know where you stand and why.

I am curious what you mean by "Displacement of Dims".


----- Original Message -----
From: "Cristiano Guadagnino" <criguada at gmail.com>
To: "user" <user at lists.gambas-basic.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2019 12:33:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Gambas-user] Better use of prefixes

Because I'm able to grasp the meaning of the original one at first sight, while yours seem to me an ugly mess. 
I especially despise the displacement of DIMs. 

Matter of taste/habit? Probably yes, I don't really know. The point is that I don't feel the need to change: the current notation gives me the information that I need and I don't see why I should make the effort to change for a notation that (a) you're the only proponent of, (b) is unusual to the vast majority of programmers and (c) whose benefits are yet to be demonstrated. 

I don't know what a newbie would be able to grasp of this discussion, nor what would he prefer to use, but I'm not very interested in that argument. 

Cedron, don't get me wrong: I see and appreciate your enthusiasm about Gambas and programming in general, but too much enthusiasm rapidly becomes a nuisance. 

Cris