Blog Post: Boolean Variable Names #20

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jeff · 2020-07-15T04:20:25Z

jeff commented

2020-07-15 04:20:25 +00:00

Random notes:

Variable names for booleans: avoid names that are already a negation (notReady, headless).

find examples in OSS (Gitea notify)

Read PoP and PoSD for bool blog post
Use an unambiguously negatable name. No context should be needed for understanding. Ex: “FlexibleName”
Going between configs is problematic. Ex: confA.UseProd = !confB.NoProd
Should be in the affirmative (useProd, not noProd)

answerable with yes or no (true or false)

Random notes: Variable names for booleans: avoid names that are already a negation (notReady, headless). find examples in OSS (Gitea notify) Read PoP and PoSD for bool blog post Use an unambiguously negatable name. No context should be needed for understanding. Ex: “FlexibleName” Going between configs is problematic. Ex: confA.UseProd = !confB.NoProd Should be in the affirmative (useProd, not noProd) answerable with yes or no (true or false)

jeff self-assigned this 2020-07-15 04:20:28 +00:00

steverusso was assigned by jeff

2020-07-15 04:20:29 +00:00

jeff commented

2020-07-15 04:21:48 +00:00

@steverusso my best thought for an image for this blog post is a yin and yang symbol. Can you get me an image that would look good (in your opinion) on a blog post? You can upload it here and I'll put it in the PR.