Re: underscore prefix

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From: Tamir Khason (tamir-NOSPAM_at_tcon-NOSPAM.co.il)
Date: 07/05/04 

Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:40:41 +0300

This is olb naming convention for private variables. In new MS naming
convention you should use m_ as prefix for private members
More information can be found here
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpgenref/html/cpconnamingguidelines.asp
or use FxCop to validate
http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/fxcop/ 

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"mike parr" <mparr_1972@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> A few times when looking at code on the net I have seen objects,
> variables etc prefixed by an underscore.  But I've never seen any
> explanation for the reason for this.  What is the reason for doing this?
>
> Thanks,
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> Mike
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