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Comment by buzzybee

This is not a valid argument when the line in question is dealing entirely with abstract constructs(which it is) and all of the variables are function-local, declared on the very same screen, and several of them exist as aliases for more complex constructs. If you haven't encountered a need for this approach, you just haven't had to write really mathy code before. Mathy code derives little value from longer names, but it does benefit from density.

If you really think something is wrong with it, post ideas for longer names that will clarify and not substantially impact density. I would probably conventionally use "n0" and "n1" instead of "m" and "n" to represent "n-1", "n" - but the usage he has is consistent throughout the file, which is more than I can say of my stuff sometimes.

parent buzzybee 9 years ago

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