[M3devel] [M3commit] CVS Update: cm3

[Rodney M. Bates]

My practice is to let the actual expression do the explaining to the
reader, if it can do that, otherwise, give the formal name in a
keyword binding.  For example, if the actual is a (boolean-typed)
variable named "IsEmpty", that alone probably suggests what the meaning
of the parameter is.  OTOH, if the actual is "TRUE", then I would code
"IsEmpty := TRUE".

> Quoting Jay <jayk123 at hotmail.com>:
> 
>> Style tangent: Have people heard the advise that boolean parameters   
>> are bad, because at the callsite esp. they don't give much meaning?   
>> What is TRUE? What is FALSE? Enums or named parameters are clearer.
> 
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