Re: Java Variable Question

[Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen <ravn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

James Perkins skrev:
> Hello All,
> I've searched but did not find an answer to this question. What does an _
> (underscore) prefix on a Java variable signify?
>   
The compiler doesn't care.  It is a convention - some use it to signify 
local variables (as opposed to fields which are "global" inside the 
class).  This helps the reader to know the scope of the variable.

Eclipse knows enough about  your program to be able to color code the 
two kinds differently which is very helpful.  It is subtle but still 
extremely helpful. 

Actually I have looked at some code and found it strange in some way, 
and after a while I found that a constant had been named like a field in 
CamelCase instead of THE_USUAL_CONSTANT_SYNTAX.   Fixing it made the 
strangeness go away :)