Comments on: The case against i, j, and k http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2009/09/16/the-case-against-i-j-and-k/ ASP.NET, HTML, CSS, Visual Studio, CSharp, VB.NET and other programming items of interest. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:34:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dave http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2009/09/16/the-case-against-i-j-and-k/comment-page-1/#comment-3598 Dave Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:14:26 +0000 http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2009/09/16/the-case-against-i-j-and-k/#comment-3598 You can do a lot of things, that doesn't make them right. First, you can't use that feature in all languages. Second, even the languages where you are suppose to be able to use the feature have been know to be buggy in this regard. Third, your suggested method is a much harder standard to enforce than a naming convention. And finally, and most importantly. i, j, and k tell you nothing about what the code is suppose to do. You can do a lot of things, that doesn’t make them right.

First, you can’t use that feature in all languages.
Second, even the languages where you are suppose to be able to use the feature have been know to be buggy in this regard.
Third, your suggested method is a much harder standard to enforce than a naming convention.
And finally, and most importantly. i, j, and k tell you nothing about what the code is suppose to do.

]]> By: Mark http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2009/09/16/the-case-against-i-j-and-k/comment-page-1/#comment-3591 Mark Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:25:24 +0000 http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2009/09/16/the-case-against-i-j-and-k/#comment-3591 Alternately if you declare your i's , j's, k's inside the for statement the compiler would catch the inner re-definition of i as an error. for (int i=0;i<someVar;i++) ... Alternately if you declare your i’s , j’s, k’s inside the for statement the compiler would catch the inner re-definition of i as an error. for (int i=0;i<someVar;i++) …

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