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named constants
naming conventions
    "a" prefix convention [See declarations, naming; readability, naming variables for]
     abbreviating names
     abbreviation guidelines
     arrays
     benefits of
     C language 2nd
     C++
     capitalization 2nd
     case-insensitive languages
     characters, hard to read
     checklist 2nd
     class member variables
     class vs. object names
     common operations, for
     constants
     cross-project benefits
     descriptiveness guideline
     documentation 2nd
     enumerated types 2nd 3rd
     files
     formality, degrees of
     function return values
     global variables 2nd
     homonyms
     Hungarian
     informal
     input parameters
     Java 2nd
     key points
     kinds of information in names
     language-independence guidelines
     length, not limiting
     Macintosh
     meanings in names, too similar
     misleading names
     misspelled words
     mixed-language considerations
     multiple natural languages
     numbers, differentiating solely by
     numerals
     opposites, use of
     parameters
     phonic abbreviations
     prefix standardization
     procedure descriptions
     proliferation reduction benefit
     pronunciation guideline
     purpose of
     readability
     relationships, emphasis of
     reserved names
     routines 2nd
     semantic prefixes
     short names 2nd
     similarity of names, too much
     spacing characters
     t_ prefix convention
     thesaurus, using
     types vs. variables names
     UDT abbreviations
     Visual Basic
     when to use
nested if statements
     2nd [See if statements, nested]
     converting to if-then-else statements
     factoring to routines
     factory method approach, converting to
     functional decomposition of
     object-oriented approach, converting to
     redesigning
     simplification by retesting conditions
     simplification with break blocks
     summary of techniques for reducing
     too many levels of
nested loops
     designing 2nd
     ordering for performance
nondeterministic nature of design process 2nd
nonstandard language features
null objects, refactoring
null statements
numbers, literal
numeric data types
    BCD [See data types, numeric]
     checklist
     comparisons
     compiler warnings
     conversions, showing
     costs of operations
     declarations, commenting
     floating-point types 2nd 3rd
     hard coded 0s and 1s
     integers
     literal numbers, avoiding
     magic numbers, avoiding
     magnitudes, greatly different, operations with
     mixed-type comparisons
     overflows
     ranges of integers
     zero, dividing by