Remco de Korte wrote:
> 
> John VanSickle wrote:
> >
> > Anyway, here are the letters I'm using, and what they stand for:
> >
> > c = the total number of a group of objects (ie, count)
> > f = a scalar representing a flag
> > i = an index
> > l = a scalar representing length
> > p = a vector representing a specific point in space
> > r = a scalar representing the radius of something
> > s = a scalar
> > v = a vector
>
> I'm not sure if I understand your choice of letters or categories but
> I think I'll try it out some time.

Well, they're based on English words; your mileage may vary.

> I often have conflicts of this type, especially with scenes that use a
> lot of independantly created inc-files (that use #declare where they
> should use #locals - another habit I should do something about....)
> 
> If it's just to avoid conflicts it might be enough to distinguish the
> different type of vectors. Perhaps a pv (point-vector), cv
> (colour-vector), tv (transmit-colour-vector), fv (guess...)
> It might also be useful to distinguish reals from integers (or
> variables that are supposed to be), for counters for instance.

Cardinal numbers (ie representing the total number of a kind of item) have c at the
beginning. 
Ordinal numbers (representing which item in an array, perhaps) begin with i.

Reals that represent a length begin with l (the letter).
Reals that represent a radius begin with r.
Other reals start with s (for scalar).

> How about #macros and objects?

I haven't had more than one or two collison problems with those.

Regards,
John
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