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Name before type: why 'age int' is better than 'int age' (benhoyt.com)
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[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 1 week ago

It saves you from having to type

Ooooh my poor fingers.... yes, I used to worry about abbreviating everything as short as possible, and I still control my loops with i j and k, but when it comes to ambiguous var vs QString or int32 or float or double or whatever type du jour is, I'll take the time and effort to write it out rather than taking the time later to untangle how the ambiguity might have resolved and all the unexpected things that might happen as a result of an unexpected resolution.