Q60651: C 6.00 SAMPLES.DOC: Note on Naming Conventions

Article: Q60651
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Last Modified: 25-APR-1990

The following information is taken from the C Version 6.00 SAMPLES.DOC
file.

Note on Naming Conventions
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The example programs use a subset of the naming conventions used in
OS/2 and Windows include files. In this convention, the first
character of an identifier is a lowercase letter called a prefix.
Common prefixes include p (pointer), a (array), i (index), and c
(count). After the prefix, there may be an additional lowercase tag,
usually indicating type. Common tags include ch (char), f (flag), sz
(zero-terminated string) l (long), and x or y (x or y coordinate).
Following this there may be one or more qualifiers, each beginning
with an uppercase letter. For example, an identifier called
achFileName is an array (a) of characters (ch) containing a filename
(FileName).

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