#variable-naming

Fixed: Am I immoral for using a variable name that differs from its type only by case? #programming #development #solution

Am I immoral for using a variable name that differs from its type only by case?

For instance, take this piece of code:

var person = new Person();

or for you Pythonistas:

person = Person()

I’m told constantly how bad this is, but have yet to see an example of the immorality of these two lines of code. To me, person is a Person and trying to give it another name is a waste of time. I suppose in…

Fixed Why aren't ◎ܫ◎ and ☺ valid JavaScript variable names? #dev #it #asnwer

Why aren’t ◎ܫ◎ and ☺ valid JavaScript variable names?

I noticed that in Internet Explorer (but, unfortunately, not in the other browsers I tested), you can use some Unicode variable names. This made my day, and I was absolutely delighted that I could write fun Unicode-laden code like this:

var ктоείναι草泥马 = "You dirty horse.", happy☺n☺mat☺p☺eia = ":)Yay!", ಠ_ಠ = "emoticon"; alert(ктоείναι草泥马 +…

How to: Why aren't ◎ܫ◎ and ☺ valid JavaScript variable names?

Why aren’t ◎ܫ◎ and ☺ valid JavaScript variable names?

I noticed that in Internet Explorer (but, unfortunately, not in the other browsers I tested), you can use some Unicode variable names. This made my day, and I was absolutely delighted that I could write fun Unicode-laden code like this:

var ктоείναι草泥马 = "You dirty horse.", happy☺n☺mat☺p☺eia = ":)Yay!", ಠ_ಠ = "emoticon"; alert(ктоείναι草泥马 +…