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bohato
1,283 PointsWhy am I forced to use "m" letter before each name? Doesn't make any sens to me
In my opinion calling fields like:
private String author;
//...
private Date date;
make more sense then adding "m" letter everywhere:
private String mAuthor;
//...
private Date mDate;
1 Answer
Kieran Barker
15,028 PointsI might be wrong but one quick search returned this as the top result:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4237469/why-do-variable-names-often-start-with-the-letter-m
bohato
1,283 Pointsbohato
1,283 PointsThx for your reply Kieran.
What I've gathered from the link you posted is that basically it used to be popular or maybe still is among Android Community but most people abandoned this practice already.
So I think that I should keep using normal variable names and then in the constructor use keyword "this" instead of what is suggested here. Do you agree?
Kieran Barker
15,028 PointsKieran Barker
15,028 PointsMaybe someone more experienced can answer that for you. Iβve never done any Java myself :)
bohato
1,283 Pointsbohato
1,283 PointsI see. You're just good at googling things :D