RE: Bad code I've seen (Posted by tushar) - www.foxite.com - The Home Of The Visual FoxPro Experts

> > 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

Eric

Its most probably the double NOTs that drive one nuts.

IF NOT llDisallowed

might look perfectly OK.

Regards
Tushar

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