long vs. short names

Don Steiny steiny at scc.UUCP
Wed Aug 22 05:41:55 AEST 1984


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> 	instead of doggoneid1 being confused with
> 		   doggoneid2 in a truncating compiler, if you declare them
> like this:	   1doggoneid and
> 		   2doggoneid, ie, make the unique part first instead of last,
> then you have portable long ids.  see any holes kids?  ernie harkins

	A tiny hole, you may not start identifiers with numbers.
Try:

		_1doggoneid
		_2doggoneid

Or some such thing.

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