> > Have you any examples of poor or even terrible code that has really left you scrambling for a resolution to a weird error?
>
> I've dealt with code that used negative variable names. While technically there is no problem with that, it makes the code really hard to understand, especially for newbies
>
>

> IF NOT llNotAllowed
>     * do something
> ELSE
>     * do something else
> ENDIF
> 

> --
> Eric den Doop
> www.foxite.com - The Home Of The Visual FoxPro Experts

At least they didn't say:

IF !llNotAllowed
    * do something
ELSE
    * do something else
ENDIF

That's REALLY hard to read! But I will sometimes use the negative case first, if the code for that situation is very short and the ELSE code is much longer.

-BP
www.peisch.com