Robert Roskam

Variable naming conventions by programming language:

Python: the_thing
JavaScript: theThing
TypeScript: theThing: any
Java: AbstractFactoryPatternSingletonInstanceManagerThing
C: i
Go: thing, err
Rust: maybe_the_thing

May 25 at 6:25pmMona for Mac
Show threadChris Renfrow May 25
@raiderrobert using camelCase for Rust. Is this bait? 😆
Show threadRobert RoskamMay 25
@crenfrow I knew I was going to screw one up. Thanks! Fixing it!
Show threadChris Renfrow May 25
@raiderrobert haha, all good! I can't keep it straight jumping between languages all the time either.
Show threadbetzerraMay 25
@raiderrobert I understood all the references except Rust. Is because of the optionals?
Show threadRobert RoskamMay 25
@betzerra Yeah, I was trying to figure out how to make a joke about the optionals. It was my best one.
Show threadJeffMay 25
@raiderrobert @betzerra It was clear to this rust programmer that you were going for the flavor of `if let Some(bullshit) = maybe_the_thing { ...`
Show threadbetzerraMay 25
@overeducatedredneck @raiderrobert Im very used to optionals because of Swift 😅. I like them, I do not like Rust though
Show threadKatMay 25

@raiderrobert

Common Lisp: *the-thing*

Show threadmichaelMay 25
@raiderrobert lol at the any. That's so true...
Show threadmichaelMay 25
@raiderrobert Java should be type T lol.
Show threadLudovic :Firefox: :FreeBSD:May 25
@raiderrobert forth, cobol, basic and pascal missing
Show threadYpe KingmaMay 25

@raiderrobert

In Rust I'd use: the_thing_opt

Show threadchristofsteelMay 25
@raiderrobert Haskell: theThing, theThing' :: TheThing
Show threadRafaelMay 25
@christofsteel @raiderrobert
thing :: a -> a -> thing
Show threadkolaenteMay 25

@raiderrobert

C++: std::shared_ptr<AbstractTemplatedThingFactory<T>>::type

PHP: $the_thing

COBOL: THE-THING-THAT-DOES-THE-STUFF-FOR-BUSINESS-LOGIC

Assembly: mov eax, [thing]

Kotlin: theThing?.let { it }

Show threadFeikeMay 25
@kolaente @raiderrobert a thing-factory is that the place where they make thingies?
Show threadkolaenteMay 26
@feike @raiderrobert I think so!
Show threadLazy B0yMay 26
@feike
I didn't know that thing-factories are a thing nowadays
@kolaente @raiderrobert
Show threadXenotarMay 25

@raiderrobert

Fortran:
IMPLICIT REAL*8(A-H, O-Z)
THING=0.0D0

Show threadJmvarsMay 25
@raiderrobert I love camelCase and I use it everywhere.
Show threadSlash909ukMay 25
@raiderrobert so right with the Java one 🤣🤣🤣
Show threadDale HagglundMay 25
@raiderrobert C for the win! (Ok, `i` is a bit short if it's not literally a for loop index.)
Show threadCadenMay 26
@raiderrobert OCaml: thing_''''
Show threadAlexandre LadeiraMay 26
@raiderrobert Java variable convention is camelCase, you are mixing type convention with variable names
Show threadSimranMay 26

@raiderrobert
Zig: perhaps something like this
const the_thing: *anyopaque = undefined;

Or less meaningful but more iconic:
const the_thing = comptime null;

Show threadRosita (she/her)May 26
@raiderrobert PHP: $the-thing. 😇😊
Show threadDigital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄May 26
@raiderrobert Lisp/Scheme: the-thing
Show threadTobiasMay 26
@raiderrobert Smalltalk: `aThing`
Show threadJosh AustinMay 26

@raiderrobert in Elm:

thing: Maybe Thing