http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660That was for the NON C++ comment, actually, and it was the variable placing that gave the hint. http://ayende.com/2593/it-is-a-matter-of-style#comment7http://ayende.com/2593/it-is-a-matter-of-style#comment7Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:48:43 GMTFor the C++ comment, is it because he didn't use the ternary operator? Or because he used an output parameter instead of a return value? http://ayende.com/2593/it-is-a-matter-of-style#comment6http://ayende.com/2593/it-is-a-matter-of-style#comment6Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:46:15 GMTthere was a spell a few years back where i was contributing to an opensource project (in c), consulting on a Delphi project (Pascal), while doing C# for some personal work. needless to say, it was confusing keeping my code from looking confused... http://ayende.com/2593/it-is-a-matter-of-style#comment5http://ayende.com/2593/it-is-a-matter-of-style#comment5Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:02:28 GMTas a person who is raised with assembler and C, I had to look very carefully before I saw the issue :) (I first thought: it's the 'GetValid/InvalidTotalCars method which should 1 method with a parameter ;)). It's indeed something one has to work on really hard to get rid of, it took me several years before I got used to declare things when I first needed them instead of at the top of the method. And then you run into a try/finally clause and you have to declare the variable OUTSIDE the try to be able to access it in the finally block :( http://ayende.com/2593/it-is-a-matter-of-style#comment4http://ayende.com/2593/it-is-a-matter-of-style#comment4Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:37:34 GMTActually, Classic Basic coders do that too. /Mats http://ayende.com/2593/it-is-a-matter-of-style#comment3http://ayende.com/2593/it-is-a-matter-of-style#comment3Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:30:58 GMTThere _isn't_ any issue with the code samples. :-D C programmers tend to put declarations at the top of the function, basically. http://ayende.com/2593/it-is-a-matter-of-style#comment2http://ayende.com/2593/it-is-a-matter-of-style#comment2Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:11:30 GMTAs an enthusiatic young developer, I dont suppose you would kindly point out why you made the comments? I confess I'm naive and dont see the issue with the code samples :) http://ayende.com/2593/it-is-a-matter-of-style#comment1http://ayende.com/2593/it-is-a-matter-of-style#comment1Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:06:18 GMT