$a and $b are bad variable names anyway

[petdance]

in reply to use strict won't require explicit name for all variables?

And really, you shouldn't be using $a and $b as variable names anyway. Surely there is something more descriptive than $a and $b (or $field1 and $field2, or whatever) that shows the meaning of what those variables do.

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Andy
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[Biker]

I fullheartedly agree and I have told my co-worker so. As I mentioned in my earlier node, I wouldn't use such variable names at all.

But the point was merely why we couldn't use the variable names as any variable name. Just imagine that in this specific case it did have a real meaning. (Which it didn't.)


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