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["vladimir_uryvaev" <vovanius@...>]

--- In kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Torsten Hüter" <torstenhtr@...> wrote:
> Perhaps you could elaborate on this topic - I see the problem that a class written all uppercase could be confused with a constant and you need an underscore which I don't like.
> MY_CLASS, MY_CONSTANT
> 
> I like this:
> 
> MySpecialClass
> 
> MyType
> 
> myMemberFunction()
> 
> _privateVariable
> 
> MY_CONSTANT 
> 
> However, I've learned Java at the university, this explains perhaps my choice.

IMVHO coding style is a matter of taste. For example I liked CamelCase in the past, now I rather dislike it (and_like_underscore). Program will not run better if you convert my_type_t to CMyType. The main reason in coding style is to have it unified through the project.