Why do some people use apostrophies in variable names?

Mon, 10 May 2004 21:56:30 -0400

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The single quote is one of the default special characters allowed in =
PowerHouse names. I'd have to check, but it may be allowed in IMAGE =
names as well which is why it would have been included. Similarly, IMAGE =
allows hyphens but not underscores. Since PowerHouse started on MPE and =
IMAGE was big, well, that's the history.
Bob Deskin             =20
Product Manager, Application Development Tools=20
Cognos Inc. 3755 Riverside Drive, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 CANADA=20
bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 7268=20

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[mailto:powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com]On Behalf Of Robert Edis
Sent: May 10, 2004 8:09 PM
To: PowerHouse List
Subject: Why do some people use apostrophies in variable names?

I've seen a number of people use apostrophies in field names with =
PowerHouse.  WHY????
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They confuse the heck out of me when trying to visually parse code as =
they can be mistaken for the beginning or ending of the string litteral.
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What's wrong with using under[score|bar]s?  Much more readable.
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single quote is one of the default special characters allowed in =
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names. I'd have to check, but it may be allowed in IMAGE names as well =
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why it would have been included. Similarly, IMAGE allows hyphens but not =

underscores. Since PowerHouse started on MPE and IMAGE was big, well, =
that's the=20
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Bob=20
Deskin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
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 Product Manager, Application Development =
Tools=20
 Cognos Inc.=20
3755 Riverside Drive, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 =
CANADA=20
 bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext =
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 <DIV>I've seen a number of people use apostrophies in field names with =

  PowerHouse.&nbsp; WHY????</DIV>
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  <DIV>They confuse the heck out of me when trying to visually parse =
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  they can be mistaken for the beginning or ending of the string =
litteral.</DIV>
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  <DIV>What's wrong with using under[score|bar]s?&nbsp; Much more=20
readable.</DIV>
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