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in reply to Re (tilly) 2: Frivolous function names
in thread Frivolous function names

I admit I didnt take a lot of time to write my code snippet as my point was to avoid naming problems and use a flag. The choice of name for the flag variable would be the authors call. Although on second thought I wouldnt use $will_create but probably $create_on_demand

Anyway, point well taken though, in future Ill put more thought into variable names in my snippets...

:-)

UPDATE
<bad_excuse>
On second thought there is a point here actually. You were talking about externally available names, whereas $flag while poorly named is internal and thus less of an issue. This isnt to say that $flag was a good name, it is not. But there is more room for error in internal use code than external use code, especially if said variables/code are properly scoped. </bad_excuse>

Yves / DeMerphq
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